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.