How can one analyze the arts and put forward the relationships they have? A review of Deleuze and of Nancy’s theories results in two hypotheses: according to the one, the arts are linked by the somatosensory experience, according to the other, the power of metaphors in language can help circulate from one sense to the other. We present here an experiment done with third year college students who chose music and a text that they felt to be close according to their prevailing atmospheres. Afterwards, they refined the musical and textual analysis so as to find out the common characteristics to both pieces. The aim consisted in acquiring a method and a vocabulary for comparing art pieces and for analyzing the perceptions of different art works. The proposed method allowed the students to characterize their reception of the arts, according to the general atmosphere and the precise technique of each musical or textual piece.