¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†                                          †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†^                                          ^†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†^#                                          #^†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†^#@                                          @#^†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†^#@#                                          #@#^†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†^#@##                  ==††==                  ##@#^†=~¨¨
¨~=†^#@###               ¨¨¨ 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.          @#^†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†^#@#                                          #@#^†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†^#@##                                          ##@#^†=~¨¨
¨~=†^#@###                                          ###@#^†=~¨
¨¨~=†^#@##                                          ##@#^†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†^#@#                                          #@#^†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†^#@                                          @#^†=~¨¨¨¨