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.