,,^«**%@##                                          ##@%**«^,,
,^«**%@###                                          ###@%**«^,
,,^«**%@##                                          ##@%**«^,,
,,,^«**%@#                                          #@%**«^,,,
,,,,^«**%@                                          @%**«^,,,,
,,,,,^«**%                  ««**««                  %**«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«**               ,,, 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.           #@%**«^,,,
,,^«**%@##                                          ##@%**«^,,
,^«**%@###                                          ###@%**«^,
,,^«**%@##                                          ##@%**«^,,
,,,^«**%@#                                          #@%**«^,,,
,,,,^«**%@                                          @%**«^,,,,
,,,,,^«**%                                          %**«^,,,,,