###@$*\«^,                                          ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                  ««\\««                  ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,               ,,, sleep ,,,              ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,                  ^^««^^                  ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                                          ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,, sleep is the most important meal  of the ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,, day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,, while. if  you can  dream, you  also get ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,, to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^, deeper  than  death  is to be  alive and ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,, asleep. it is death if it  was temporary ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,            and rejuvenating.             ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,, sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,, which  there is  nothing. inside is  all ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^, the   stars   and   in  the   middle   a ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,, black lake.  at  the foot  of  this lake ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,          stands an old friend.           ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,, when you sleep  all  sound  is internal. ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,, when   you  sleep  your  brain  shrinks. ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                                          ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                  ,,^^,,                  ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,, if you wish to  measure sleep, use these ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,, grip goes from not being able to  let go ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^, all   day   (left)   to  not  caring  to ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,            remember (right).             ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,     deepness goes from being several     ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,, hundred  meters  down  (left) to  barely ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,       touching the surface (right).      ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,    otherworldliness goes from a single   ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,, dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,                 (right).                 ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,, revitalization  goes  from a feeling  of ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,, not having slept at  all (left) to being ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,, full   of  energy   and  maybe  optimism ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,                 (right).                 ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                                          ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                    ^^                    ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,, high  otherworldliness and  high grip is ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,      a particularly effective combo.     ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                  ««\\««                  ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                  ^^««^^                  ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,,              sleep deities               ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,               the blackbird              ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,                solipsism                 ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                  ««\\««                  ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,           ,,, furthermore ,,,            ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                  ^^««^^                  ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,, this  is still a  place:  here,  in  the ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,, silence,   darkness  and  night   -  and ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,, loneliness,  holding  a kind of dilution ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,, of   reality,  and  suddenly   it's  not ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,, important  that  i  lie  in  my bed, the ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,, lack  of  presence   brings  the  notion ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^, that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,    choose past, future, something with   ,,^«\*$@##
#@$*\«^,,, more   substance  than   the  objects  i ,,,^«\*$@#
@$*\«^,,,,           surround myself with.          ,,,,^«\*$@
$*\«^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^«\*$
@$*\«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«\*$@
#@$*\«^,,,                                          ,,,^«\*$@#
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##
###@$*\«^,                                          ,^«\*$@###
##@$*\«^,,                                          ,,^«\*$@##