§%**~^.... ....^~**%§
###§%*†~^. .^~†*%§###
@@@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@@@
#§§%*†^... ...^†*%§§#
##@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. ~~††~~ .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. ... 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. .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@##
##@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@##
#@@§%*†~^. .^~†*%§@@#
§§***††~^. .^~††***§§