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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. ####§†=~:.
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...:~=†§##                  ..::..                  ##§†=~:...
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.....:~=†§ deeper  than death  is  to be  alive and §†=~:.....
......:~=† asleep. it is  death if it was temporary †=~:......
.....:~=†§            and rejuvenating.             §†=~:.....
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...:~=†§##                  ..::..                  ##§†=~:...
..:~=†§###                                          ###§†=~:..
.:~=†§#### 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.          §†=~:.....
......:~=†                                          †=~:......
.....:~=†§                  ..::..                  §†=~:.....
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...:~=†§## when you  sleep  all  sound is internal. ##§†=~:...
..:~=†§### when  you  sleep   your  brain  shrinks. ###§†=~:..
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..:~=†§###                  ..::..                  ###§†=~:..
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....:~=†§# 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).                 #§†=~:....
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.....:~=†§                                          §†=~:.....
....:~=†§# high otherworldliness and  high grip  is #§†=~:....
...:~=†§##     a particularly effective combo.      ##§†=~:...
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.:~=†§####                  ~~==~~                  ####§†=~:.
..:~=†§###             ... see also ...             ###§†=~:..
...:~=†§##                  ::~~::                  ##§†=~:...
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.....:~=†§               sleep deities              §†=~:.....
......:~=†               the blackbird              †=~:......
.....:~=†§                 solipsism                §†=~:.....
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...:~=†§##                  ~~==~~                  ##§†=~:...
..:~=†§###           ... furthermore ...            ###§†=~:..
.:~=†§####                  ::~~::                  ####§†=~:.
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...:~=†§## 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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