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.