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.