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.