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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.             ##*\^,,,,,
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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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,,,,^««\$#                  ,,^^,,                  #$\««^,,,,
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,^«\*$#¶## when you  sleep  all  sound is internal. ##¶#$*\«^,
,,,,,^«\$¶ when   you  sleep  your  brain  shrinks. ¶$\«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^\$#                                          #$\^,,,,,,
,^«\*$#¶##                  ,,^^,,                  ##¶#$*\«^,
,,,^«\$$$¶                                          ¶$$$\«^,,,
,,^^«\*### if you wish to  measure sleep, use these ###*\«^^,,
,^«\*$#¶##    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ##¶#$*\«^,
,^«\*$####    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ####$*\«^,
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,^«\***### grip goes from not being able to  let go ###***\«^,
,,,,^\\*$¶ all   day  (left)   to  not  caring   to ¶$*\\^,,,,
^«\*$#¶###             remember (right).            ###¶#$*\«^
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,,^««\*$¶¶     deepness goes from being several     ¶¶$*\««^,,
,^«\*$#¶## hundred  meters  down (left)  to  barely ##¶#$*\«^,
,^«\*$####       touching the surface (right).      ####$*\«^,
,^«\*$#¶##                                          ##¶#$*\«^,
,^«\*$#¶##   otherworldliness goes from a single    ##¶#$*\«^,
,,,,^\*##¶  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.     ¶¶$\^,,,,,
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,^«\*$#¶##                  ««\\««                  ##¶#$*\«^,
,^«\*$#¶##             ,,, see also ,,,             ##¶#$*\«^,
,^^^«\\$##                  ^^««^^                  ##$\\«^^^,
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,^^^«**$¶¶              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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