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.