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..........              ... sleep ...               ..........
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†/~....... 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. ....~/†*££
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##££*†/~.. deeper  than  death is to  be  alive and ..~/†*££##
#££*†/~... asleep. it is death if it was  temporary ...~/†*££#
££*†/~....             and rejuvenating.            ....~/†*££
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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.          ........~/
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££*†/~.... when  you  sleep all sound is  internal. ....~/†*££
#££*†/~... when  you   sleep  your  brain  shrinks. ...~/†*££#
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#££*†/~... 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).                 ..~/†*££##
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##££*†/~.. revitalization goes  from a  feeling  of ..~/†*££##
#££*†/~... not having slept at all (left)  to being ...~/†*££#
££*†/~.... full   of  energy   and  maybe  optimism ....~/†*££
£*†/~.....                 (right).                 .....~/†*£
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~......... 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 ...            ...~/†*££#
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*†/~...... 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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