#@#§%*†=~. .~=†*%§#@#
§%*††=.... ....=††*%§
#@#§%*†=~. .~=†*%§#@#
#%†~...... ......~†%#
###§%*†=~. .~=†*%§###
@#§%%*†=~. ==††== .~=†*%%§#@
###§%*†=~. ... 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. .~=†*%§#@#
@##§%*†=~. .~=†*%§##@
#@#§%*†=~. .~=†*%§#@#
#@#§%*†=~. .~=†*%§#@#
@##§%*†=~. .~=†*%§##@
@@#§%*†=~. .~=†*%§#@@
###§%*†=~. .~=†*%§###