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.