.,«:^&&¶@#                                          #@¶&&^:«,.
..,«:^&&¶@                                          @¶&&^:«,..
...,«:^&&¶                                          ¶&&^:«,...
....,«:^&&                                          &&^:«,....
.....,«:^&                                          &^:«,.....
......,«:^                  ««::««                  ^:«,......
.......,«:              ... 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.           &&^:«,....
.....,«:^&                                          &^:«,.....
......,«:^                                          ^:«,......
.......,«:                                          :«,.......
........,«                                          «,........
.........,                                          ,.........
..........                                          ..........