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.