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.