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.