coming from a gestalt of surrealism

-and-

The more I think about the metaphor, the more I believe it works

I believe we are all on the same page here, musick.

I also agree with WW that subscribing to the metaphor in question is more a matter of 'belief' than reason.

BTW I have not capitalized "talmudic" in "talmudic metaphors" out of respect for Talmudic studies.