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.