,,,,,,==@@ @@==,,,,,,
,,,,===%@@ @@%===,,,,
,,,,,==%@@ @@%==,,,,,
,,,,,,,==@ @==,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,==@ @==,,,,,,,
,,,,=====@ ====== @=====,,,,
,,,,,==@@# ,,, 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. ##@@%===,,
,,,,,,==%@ @%==,,,,,,
,,,,===%@@ @@%===,,,,
,,===%@### ###@%===,,
,,=====@@# #@@=====,,
,,,,,,===@ @===,,,,,,
,,===%@@@# #@@@%===,,