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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. ....~«:=§§
§=:«~.....                                          .....~«:=§
=:«~......                  ..~~..                  ......~«:=
:«~.......                                          .......~«:
«~........ 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.           ...~«:=§§@
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