how is that artist creative?

a string was tying up the inside of his ear.  He said it hurt when he pulled it, but it was affecting his hearing, so he was trying anyway.  I suggested maybe it meant something really deep, like he's got something locked up inside him that needed to be set free, or maybe he's heard something, good or bad, that he will never forget. 

He said "Na, it was probably because I slept on my ear funny and it hurt and affected my dreams"

I said "hmm..."