,^^«««^==#                                          #==^«««^^,
,,,^^===*#                                          #*===^^,,,
,^«^=*#¶##                                          ##¶#*=^«^,
,,^^^«^**¶                                          ¶**^«^^^,,
,,,,^^^**¶                                          ¶**^^^,,,,
,,,,^««=*#                  ««^^««                  #*=««^,,,,
,,,,,,^«=#              ,,, 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.           ¶#=«««^,,,
,,,,^^^=*#                                          #*=^^^,,,,
,^«^=*####                                          ####*=^«^,
,^«^=*#¶##                                          ##¶#*=^«^,
,^«^=*#¶##                                          ##¶#*=^«^,
,^«^=*####                                          ####*=^«^,
,^«^=*#¶##                                          ##¶#*=^«^,