This reminds me of one my favorite analogies in literature, from Kierkegaard's Either/Or: “What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in h

This reminds me of one my favorite analogies in literature, from Kierkegaard's Either/Or: “What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. It is with him as with the poor wretches in Phalaris's bronze bull, who were slowly tortured over a slow fire; their screams could not reach the tyrant's ears to terrify him; to him they sounded like sweet music.” Phalaris's bronze bull is a Brazen Bull: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull