Maybe surrealism is the wrong word. But I'm wondering how people balance keeping things not quite literal, for a weird or alien or spooky or uneasy effect, with keeping them interesting.
I'm thinking about how, despite the rich potential for symbolism, I generally hate dream-sequences, visions, and so on, in fiction. They make me switch off. So I wonder about how to write one that wouldn't make me switch off, and could actually capture something of the feeling of a dream.
So, over to you! Have you ever tried to tackle this? What did you do?