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.