....:«:*%§                                          §%*:«:....
...:«:*%§@                                          @§%*:«:...
..:«:*%§@#                                          #@§%*:«:..
.:«:*%§@##                                          ##@§%*:«:.
..:«:*%§@#                                          #@§%*:«:..
...:«:*%§@                  ««::««                  @§%*:«:...
....:«:*%§              ... 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.           :.........
........:«                                          «:........
.......:«:                                          :«:.......
......:«:*                                          *:«:......
.....:«:*%                                          %*:«:.....
....:«:*%§                                          §%*:«:....
...:«:*%§@                                          @§%*:«:...