Maybe because there is no good metaphor.
This is a picture illustrated by the German biologist, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
"The ecological view requires that we look upon the world, listen and learn. The place, the creatures, and [men] people were, have been, and now, are in the process of becoming. We and they are here now, co-tenants of the phenomenal world, united in its origins and destiny." Ian McHarg, Design with Nature
More interesting Satie facts, from Perloff's article on Cage and Postmoderism- (down with both, up with Satie)
Le Piège de Méduse (Medusa’s Trap) (1913), was revived as part of a Satie Festival organized by Cage at Black Mountain College in 1948. The production, which marked the American premiere, featured Buckminster Fuller as the Baron Medusa, Merce Cunningham as the mechanical monkey, sets by Elaine de Kooning, dances performed by Cunningham, and piano accompaniment by Cage. While fully notated and scripted (far from a chance piece), Piège de Méduse experiments with absurdist word-play, outrageous disjunctions between dialogue and stage action, and mixed media (dance, theater, music).
