The dance is by invitation. We are the ones who issue the invitation. Black tie is not necessary. Come as you are, but come prepared for involvement. Our age is visually as well as if not more than, verbally oriented.
Verbal images live in the consciousness and memory of the hearer.
That is why preaching the parables and preaching as story have been two major themes in preaching in the last quarter-century. People warm to images. This has always been true, but it is especially true now. Images allow for mind play. Images do not control their own interpretation, but rather serve as the occasion for free association and interpretation in the mind of the hearer.