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.-~†§$####                  ~~††~~                  ####$§†~-.
..-~†§$###              ... sleep ...               ###$§†~-..
...-~†§$##                  --~~--                  ##$§†~-...
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.....-~†§$ sleep is the most important meal  of the $§†~-.....
......-~†§ day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a §†~-......
.......-~† while. if you can dream,  you  also  get †~-.......
........-~ to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ~-........
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.......-~†                                          †~-.......
......-~†§ deeper  than death  is to  be  alive and §†~-......
.....-~†§$ 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 $§†~-.....
......-~†§           stands an old friend.          §†~-......
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........-~ when you  sleep all  sound  is internal. ~-........
.......-~† when   you  sleep  your  brain  shrinks. †~-.......
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.....-~†§$                  ..--..                  $§†~-.....
....-~†§$#                                          #$§†~-....
...-~†§$## 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).             $§†~-.....
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.......-~†     deepness goes from being several     †~-.......
........-~ hundred meters  down  (left)  to  barely ~-........
.........-       touching the surface (right).      -.........
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.......-~†    otherworldliness goes from a single   †~-.......
......-~†§  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  §†~-......
.....-~†§$ 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).                 ##$§†~-...
....-~†§$#                                          #$§†~-....
.....-~†§$                    --                    $§†~-.....
......-~†§                                          §†~-......
.......-~† high  otherworldliness  and high grip is †~-.......
........-~      a particularly effective combo.     ~-........
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........-~                  ~~††~~                  ~-........
.......-~†             ... see also ...             †~-.......
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....-~†§$#              sleep deities               #$§†~-....
...-~†§$##              the blackbird               ##$§†~-...
..-~†§$###                 solipsism                ###$§†~-..
.-~†§$####                                          ####$§†~-.
..-~†§$###                  ~~††~~                  ###$§†~-..
...-~†§$##           ... furthermore ...            ##$§†~-...
....-~†§$#                  --~~--                  #$§†~-....
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......-~†§ this  is  still a place:  here,  in  the §†~-......
.......-~† silence,   darkness  and  night   -  and †~-.......
........-~ loneliness, holding  a kind  of dilution ~-........
.........- of   reality,  and  suddenly  it's   not -.........
........-~ important  that i  lie in  my  bed,  the ~-........
.......-~† lack  of  presence  brings   the  notion †~-.......
......-~†§ that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i §†~-......
.....-~†§$    choose past, future, something with   $§†~-.....
....-~†§$# more  substance  than  the   objects   i #$§†~-....
...-~†§$##           surround myself with.          ##$§†~-...
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