...:~:=&@#                                          #@&=:~:...
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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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