.....,=†*%                                          %*†=,.....
....,=†*%@                                          @%*†=,....
...,=†*%@#                                          #@%*†=,...
..,=†*%@##                                          ##@%*†=,..
.,=†*%@###                                          ###@%*†=,.
..,=†*%@##                  ==††==                  ##@%*†=,..
...,=†*%@#              ... 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.          ##@%*†=,..
.,=†*%@###                                          ###@%*†=,.
..,=†*%@##                                          ##@%*†=,..
...,=†*%@#                                          #@%*†=,...
....,=†*%@                                          @%*†=,....
.....,=†*%                                          %*†=,.....
......,=†*                                          *†=,......