Castle in the sky

Castle in the sky

Castle in the sky (or as a proper name, Castle in the Sky) can have several meanings:

* As a metaphor for a dream or goal, most usually an unobtainable one
* A phrase or colloquialism which is a reference to the full metaphor " [He/She] has built castles in the sky but lives in squalor on the ground." This is usually intended to be a criticism of any person who has a rich imagination but does not benefit from it in any measurable or practical way. As an example: A "starving artist". It is to say that a person's reality is quite different from their imagined life.
* A common name for accommodations located in mountains and other high places

In the arts:

* "Castles in the Sky", a song in the 1956 sponsored-film musical "Once Upon a Honeymoon"
* "Castle in the Sky" (aka "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"), a 1986 anime film featuring a floating city
* "Castles in the Sky", a 2001 song by Ian Van Dahl

See also

* Floating cities (science fiction)
* List of fictional airborne castles


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