I like the time that Abraham Lincoln pretended to be a woman in a newspaper to insult a politician and got challenged to a duel for it, which he decided to fight with swords on a plank over a pit after his first idea, a duel fought by flinging poo, was rejected.
Can you link the meaning? Can't seem to find it with German Google.
www.merriam-webster.com
In this particular context you could use the word "tapestry" or something similar to imply that it's a larger picture made of varied things. In Walt Disney's case, it's a massive tapestry of fantastical ideas and places that are made out of a myriad of smaller ideas.
I guess the meaning behind the metaphor could be something like a thread in a tapestry of creativity snapping due to him dying so young and perhaps suddenly?
Yeah that doesn't seem too weird to me either...except the Noon one since you usually don't see specific times.
