,,~«**%&¶@                                          @¶&%**«~,,
,,,~«**%&¶                                          ¶&%**«~,,,
,,,,~«**%&                                          &%**«~,,,,
,,,,,~«**%                                          %**«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«**                                          **«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«**%                  ««**««                  %**«~,,,,,
,,,,~«**%&              ,,, 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.          %**«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«**                                          **«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«**%                                          %**«~,,,,,
,,,,~«**%&                                          &%**«~,,,,
,,,~«**%&¶                                          ¶&%**«~,,,
,,~«**%&¶@                                          @¶&%**«~,,
,~«**%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%**«~,