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.