Above the Floating Village

I witnessed this majestic cloudscape in Cambodia on the Tonle Sap Lake. There is a floating village there, which is exactly what it sounds like. People live in houseboats, learn in schoolboats, shop in storeboats, and even worship in churchboats. I thought it was the darndest thing, reflecting the amazing adaptability of humans.

But from the rooftop of a crocodile farmboat, the clouds above looked even more substantial than the floating village below. They are massive and varied– far more interesting than the small and uniform village. The play of sunlight and shadow creates fluffy sculptures that invite multi-sensory exploration. How I would love to feel my way through these clouds!