.....^^^%§                                          §%^^^.....
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...--^^%§#                  --^^--                  #§%^^--...
...-^$$§##               ... sleep ...              ##§$$^-...
....^^$$§#                  ^^--^^                  #§$$^^....
.....^^^$§                                          §$^^^.....
.....^^%§# 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 ##%^^.....
.^-^$%§###           surround myself with.          ###§%$^-^.
.....-$§§#                                          #§§$-.....
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......-^%§                                          §%^-......
.^-^$$$%§#                                          #§%$$$^-^.