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.