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,,,,,,,-«*                                          *«-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-«*$                  ««**««                  $*«-,,,,,,
,,,,,-«*$§              ,,, 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. #£§$*«-,,,
,,,,-«*$§£                                          £§$*«-,,,,
,,,,,-«*$§                  ,,--,,                  §$*«-,,,,,
,,,,,,-«*$                                          $*«-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-«* deeper  than death is  to  be  alive and *«-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-« asleep. it is  death if it was temporary «-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,-             and rejuvenating.            -,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,                  ,,--,,                  ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, which  there  is nothing.  inside is all ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- the   stars  and   in   the   middle   a -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-« black lake.  at the  foot of  this  lake «-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-«*          stands an old friend.           *«-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-«*$                                          $*«-,,,,,,
,,,,,-«*$§                  ,,--,,                  §$*«-,,,,,
,,,,-«*$§£                                          £§$*«-,,,,
,,,-«*$§£# 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.   $*«-,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-« grip goes from not being  able to let go «-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- all   day  (left)   to  not   caring  to -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,            remember (right).             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,     deepness goes from being several     ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, hundred  meters  down (left)  to  barely ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,       touching the surface (right).      ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-«   otherworldliness goes from a single    «-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-«*  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  *«-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-«*$ 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 $*«-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-«*      a particularly effective combo.     *«-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,-                  ««**««                  -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             ,,, see also ,,,             ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                  --««--                  ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,              sleep deities               ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,              the blackbird               ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,-                 solipsism                -,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,-«*                  ««**««                  *«-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-«*$           ,,, 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.           «-,,,,,,,,
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