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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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¨,«\%*####                  ¨¨,,¨¨                  ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*#### deeper than  death  is  to be alive  and ####*%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%*### asleep. it is death if  it was temporary ###*%\«,¨¨
¨,«\%*####            and rejuvenating.             ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*####                  ¨¨,,¨¨                  ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*#### 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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¨,«\%*####                  ¨¨,,¨¨                  ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*#### when  you sleep all  sound is  internal. ####*%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%*### when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ###*%\«,¨¨
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¨¨,«\%*###                  ¨¨,,¨¨                  ###*%\«,¨¨
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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).             ###*%\«,¨¨
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¨¨,«\%*###     deepness goes from being several     ###*%\«,¨¨
¨,«\%*#### hundred  meters  down  (left)  to barely ####*%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%*###      touching the surface (right).       ###*%\«,¨¨
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¨¨,«\%*###   otherworldliness goes from a single    ###*%\«,¨¨
¨,«\%*####  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ####*%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%*### dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams ###*%\«,¨¨
¨,«\%*####                 (right).                 ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*#### 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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¨¨,«\%*###                    ,,                    ###*%\«,¨¨
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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                 ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*####                  ««\\««                  ####*%\«,¨
¨¨,«\%*###            ¨¨¨ furthermore ¨¨¨           ###*%\«,¨¨
¨,«\%*####                  ,,««,,                  ####*%\«,¨
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¨,«\%*#### 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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