,,,,,:~=†$                                          $†=~:,,,,,
,,,,:~=†$¤                                          ¤$†=~:,,,,
,,,:~=†$¤#                                          #¤$†=~:,,,
,,:~=†$¤##                                          ##¤$†=~:,,
,:~=†$¤###                                          ###¤$†=~:,
,,:~=†$¤##                  ~~==~~                  ##¤$†=~:,,
,,,:~=†$¤#               ,,, 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 $†=~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~=† lack   of  presence  brings  the  notion †=~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~= that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i =~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~    choose past, future, something with   ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~= more   substance  than   the  objects  i =~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~=†           surround myself with.          †=~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~=†$                                          $†=~:,,,,,
,,,,:~=†$¤                                          ¤$†=~:,,,,
,,,:~=†$¤#                                          #¤$†=~:,,,
,,:~=†$¤##                                          ##¤$†=~:,,
,:~=†$¤###                                          ###¤$†=~:,
,,:~=†$¤##                                          ##¤$†=~:,,