The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.

In "Scholastikerprobleme" he discussed how many angels could sit on a needle. His travels though they failed to restore him to health allowed him to meet many of the foremost literary and philosophical figures of his time in central Europe. Morgenstern's poetry much of which was inspired by English literary nonsense is immensely popular even though he enjoyed very little success during his lifetime.