Or perhaps I'm just rephrasing your own words somewhat?

I think that pretty much nails it, CS. When I think of Surrealism, I think of The Nature Table - of items removed from their original context & juxtaposed elsewhere by way of symbolic / poetic value, though what that value is remains essentially unsayable as it goes places language doesn't - a liminal & subjective something-or-other which whilst being common to us all is something we experience alone - and, although there is some element of consensus here, it remains abstract, but none the less awesome and, therefore, meaningful.

Here is the ref. I was thinking of from Opie's Dictionary of Rhymes.

Thanks for that, Jim - as invaluable as it is fascinating!

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Otherwise here I am recording the Great Selkie O' Sule Skerry, singing up the overflow pipe on Fleetwood beach last night. And you can hear the results on my myspace page Here; far from perfect in terms of recording & performance, it is a welcome addition to The Nature Table nevertheless!