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.