SLEEP                
                                    
                                          
 SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT  MEAL OF THE 
 DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A 
 WHILE.  IF YOU  CAN DREAM, YOU ALSO  GET 
 TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 DEEPER  THAN  DEATH  IS TO BE ALIVE  AND 
 ASLEEP. IT IS  DEATH IF IT WAS TEMPORARY 
             AND REJUVENATING.            
                                          
                                    
                                          
 SLEEP  IS  A  BLACK  MARBLE  OUTSIDE  OF 
 WHICH THERE  IS NOTHING.  INSIDE  IS ALL 
 THE   STARS   AND   IN  THE   MIDDLE   A 
 BLACK LAKE. AT  THE  FOOT OF  THIS  LAKE 
          STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.           
                                          
                                    
                                          
 WHEN YOU  SLEEP ALL SOUND  IS  INTERNAL. 
 WHEN  YOU  SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN   SHRINKS. 
                                          
                                    
                                          
 IF  YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE 
    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    
    OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.   
                                          
 GRIP GOES FROM  NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO 
 ALL  DAY  (LEFT)   TO  NOT   CARING   TO 
             REMEMBER (RIGHT).            
                                          
     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     
 HUNDRED METERS  DOWN  (LEFT)  TO  BARELY 
      TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).       
                                          
   OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE    
  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  
 DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS 
                 (RIGHT).                 
                                          
 REVITALIZATION  GOES FROM  A  FEELING OF 
 NOT HAVING SLEPT AT ALL  (LEFT) TO BEING 
 FULL   OF  ENERGY   AND  MAYBE  OPTIMISM 
                 (RIGHT).                 
                                          
                                        
                                          
 HIGH  OTHERWORLDLINESS AND HIGH  GRIP IS 
      A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.     
                                          
                                    
              SEE ALSO              
                                    
                                          
               SLEEP DEITIES              
              THE BLACKBIRD               
                 SOLIPSISM                
                                          
                                    
            FURTHERMORE             
                                    
                                          
 THIS  IS  STILL  A PLACE: HERE,  IN  THE 
 SILENCE,  DARKNESS  AND  NIGHT   -   AND 
 LONELINESS,  HOLDING A KIND OF  DILUTION 
 OF  REALITY,  AND  SUDDENLY   IT'S   NOT 
 IMPORTANT THAT  I  LIE  IN  MY  BED, THE 
 LACK  OF  PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE   NOTION 
 THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I 
    CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH   
 MORE   SUBSTANCE  THAN  THE   OBJECTS  I 
           SURROUND MYSELF WITH.