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..........               ... sleep ...              ..........
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.......... 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. ..........
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.......~«\                                          \«~.......
......~«\* 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 $*\«~.....
......~«\*          stands an old friend.           *\«~......
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.......... when you  sleep  all  sound is internal. ..........
.......... when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ..........
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.......... if you  wish to measure sleep, use these ..........
..........    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ..........
..........    otherworldiness and revitalization.   ..........
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.........~ grip goes from not being able to let  go ~.........
........~« all  day   (left)   to  not   caring  to «~........
.......~«\             remember (right).            \«~.......
......~«\*                                          *\«~......
.....~«\*$     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).                 §$*\«~....
.....~«\*$                                          $*\«~.....
......~«\* revitalization  goes  from a feeling  of *\«~......
.......~«\ not having slept at all (left)  to being \«~.......
........~« full  of   energy  and   maybe  optimism «~........
.........~                 (right).                 ~.........
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.......... high otherworldliness and  high  grip is ..........
..........     a particularly effective combo.      ..........
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..........             ... see also ...             ..........
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........~«               sleep deities              «~........
.......~«\               the blackbird              \«~.......
......~«\*                solipsism                 *\«~......
.....~«\*$                                          $*\«~.....
....~«\*$§                  ««\\««                  §$*\«~....
...~«\*$§¶           ... 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.           ..........
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