@%††*^.... ....^*††%@
@@#@%†*~^. .^~*†%@#@@
@†~^^..... .....^^~†@
@#@%†~~^^. .^^~~†%@#@
#@#@%†*~^. .^~*†%@#@#
@@@%*^.... ~~**~~ ....^*%@@@
@@%%%†*~^. ... 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. .^~*†%@#@#
@@#@%†*~^. .^~*†%@#@@
##@@%†*~^. .^~*†%@@##
#%%%†~.... ....~†%%%#
###@%†*~^. .^~*†%@###
@#%†*^.... ....^*†%#@
#@#@%†*~^. .^~*†%@#@#