Looking for the technical term

[LilyLavender]

I'm trying to figure out what it's called when you're looking at clouds (or anything amorphous) and you see people and objects. Also, isnt there something similar that deals with human faces specifically? Thanks to anyone who knows what the heck I'm getting at.

[SWM]

Nephelococcygia pronounced ne-f�-l�-kak-'si-jee-y�  is a term used when people find familiar objects within the shape of a cloud. At one time or another, humans have looked up to the clouds and imagined shapes resembling familiar objects. The earth's atmosphere and the system of the weather are complex and self-organizing, the system itself is transient, permanent and fleeting, and transfixed all at the same time. Maybe an imagined letter of the alphabet. Or, it might be an animal or a person's face. This is called nephelococcygia and the word was first coined in the play The Birds written in 414 B.C. by the Greek comic poet Aristophanes.