,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,:                                          :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†                                          †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†=                  ~~††~~                  =†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~†=@               ,,, 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.           #£§@=†~:,,
,,,:~†=@§£                                          £§@=†~:,,,
,,,,:~†=@§                                          §@=†~:,,,,
,,,,,:~†=@                                          @=†~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†=                                          =†~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†                                          †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,