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.