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.