.....,~†*%                                          %*†~,.....
......,~†*                                          *†~,......
.......,~†                                          †~,.......
......,~†*                                          *†~,......
.....,~†*%                                          %*†~,.....
....,~†*%§                  ~~††~~                  §%*†~,....
...,~†*%§#               ... 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.          §%*†~,....
.....,~†*%                                          %*†~,.....
......,~†*                                          *†~,......
.......,~†                                          †~,.......
......,~†*                                          *†~,......
.....,~†*%                                          %*†~,.....
....,~†*%§                                          §%*†~,....