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.