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.