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.