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=†~.......                                          .......~†=
†~........                                          ........~†
~.........                  ~~††~~                  .........~
†~........              ... 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.      ........~†
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†~........                  ~~††~~                  ........~†
=†~.......             ... 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.          ...~†=¤@##
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