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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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####£$:«^.                  ..^^..                  .^«:$£####
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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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#£$:«^....                  ..^^..                  ....^«:$£#
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###£$:«^.. if you wish  to measure sleep, use these ..^«:$£###
####£$:«^.    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    .^«:$£####
###£$:«^..   otherworldiness and revitalization.    ..^«:$£###
##£$:«^...                                          ...^«:$£##
#£$:«^.... grip  goes from not being able to let go ....^«:$£#
£$:«^..... all  day  (left)   to   not  caring   to .....^«:$£
$:«^......             remember (right).            ......^«:$
:«^.......                                          .......^«:
«^........     deepness goes from being several     ........^«
^......... hundred  meters  down  (left)  to barely .........^
..........      touching the surface (right).       ..........
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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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###£$:«^..                    ^^                    ..^«:$£###
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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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