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BBC Radio Wales - Giants in the Sky

Poet Mab Jones looks up and explores the nature, movement and significance of clouds.

Poet Mab Jones looks up at the clouds in this soundscape that absorbs human noise into the sounds of the sky, and invites you to slow down, reflect, and take breath.

In a mix of dreamy fantasy and scientific fact, and drawing on a rich sound palette of archive, music and poetry, poet Mab Jones shares her observations with other cloud-watchers from across the seven continents, including her storytelling teacher in Japan who explains about the 'Dragon's Nest' formation and its symbolism of nuclear bombing. She talks to cloudspotters at the Cloud Appreciation Society, learns about the cloud classification system, and explores cloud myths and stories . What emerges from this celestial inspiration is a kind of elegy to unity: a soundscape that absorbs human noise into the sounds of the sky, and invites you to slow down, reflect, and take breath. As nations cease their sparring and come together in an unprecedented global pandemic, it's time to remember that, like the virus, the sky is without boundaries, and that the same clouds bring rain, stories, and wonder to all of us alike.

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