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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.             ###§&=†«~.
....~~«=§#                                          #§=«~~....
.....~«=§#                  ..~~..                  #§=«~.....
.....~†&##                                          ##&†~.....
....««=&&§ 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.          #&&†««~~..
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