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.