.....-~**& &**~-.....
....-~**&§ §&**~-....
...-~**&§# #§&**~-...
..-~**&§## ##§&**~-..
.-~**&§### ###§&**~-.
..-~**&§## ~~**~~ ##§&**~-..
...-~**&§# ... 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. **~-......
.....-~**& &**~-.....
....-~**&§ §&**~-....
...-~**&§# #§&**~-...
..-~**&§## ##§&**~-..
.-~**&§### ###§&**~-.
..-~**&§## ##§&**~-..