¨¨¨¨¨¨,†*¤ ¤*†,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨==**¤¶@ @¶¤**==¨¨¨ ¨,=†*%¤¶## ##¶¤%*†=,¨ ¨,=†*%¤¤¶@ @¶¤¤%*†=,¨ ¨,=†*%¤¶@# #@¶¤%*†=,¨ ¨,=†*%¤¤¤¤ ==††== ¤¤¤¤%*†=,¨ ¨¨,,=†*¤¶@ ¨¨¨ 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. ¤¤%††,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,†††%¤@ @¤%†††,¨¨¨ ¨,=†*%¤¶¶@ @¶¶¤%*†=,¨ ¨,=†*%¤¶@# #@¶¤%*†=,¨ ¨,==†††%%¤ ¤%%†††==,¨ ¨,==††††%¶ ¶%††††==,¨ ¨¨¨¨,,=*%¤ ¤%*=,,¨¨¨¨