Make a story of a picture

My friends from California brought Dixit game along with them. We played it last night.
The game is about describing your card in such a way that atleast one person guesses the card right from a selection each adds to as their intrepretation of your explanation.
I found myself stuck at the literal desciption. A person sculpting birds and butterflies out of clouds was 'Michelangelo with hurt knees'. A leafless, grey tree with a bouquet reminded me of the weeping willow story. A braid with a ring around it reminded me of highwayman poem with Bess's long hair.
A friend played his turns with very generic phrases which summed the pictures aptly.
From now on, I should give such phrases to everyday dreams.