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.