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....^«/*%#                  ««//««                  #%*/«^....
...^«/*%#@               ... 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. %*/«^.....
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.......^«/                  ..^^..                  /«^.......
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.....^«/*% 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.          /«^.......
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.....^«/*%                  ..^^..                  %*/«^.....
....^«/*%#                                          #%*/«^....
...^«/*%#@ 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.      %*/«^.....
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.......^«/                  ««//««                  /«^.......
......^«/*             ... see also ...             */«^......
.....^«/*%                  ^^««^^                  %*/«^.....
....^«/*%#                                          #%*/«^....
...^«/*%#@              sleep deities               @#%*/«^...
..^«/*%#@#              the blackbird               #@#%*/«^..
.^«/*%#@##                solipsism                 ##@#%*/«^.
..^«/*%#@#                                          #@#%*/«^..
...^«/*%#@                  ««//««                  @#%*/«^...
....^«/*%#           ... furthermore ...            #%*/«^....
.....^«/*%                  ^^««^^                  %*/«^.....
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.......^«/ 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.           #%*/«^....
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