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..&..&..&. ... sleep ... ..&..&.&.&
&.&&.&&.&& ..~~.. ..&&.&&&&&
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.&.&&.&&.& 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. .&.&&&&.&&
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&.&&...&&. ...... &&..&..&.&
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&&.&&&.&&& deeper than death is to be alive and &.&&&.&&..
&.&&..&&.. asleep. it is death if it was temporary &&&..&&.&.
&&&.&.&.&. and rejuvenating. &..&.&.&&&
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&..&.&.... 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. &...&&&..&
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&&.&..&... ...... ..&.&&.&&&
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..&..&&.&. when you sleep all sound is internal. &.&..&&.&.
..&&.&.&&& when you sleep your brain shrinks. &&&&.&.&&&
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&&&&&...&. ...... &&..&...&.
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.&...&&.&. 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). .&&.&....&
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&.&.&&..&& 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). ...&.&&.&.
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&&.&.&&&&& revitalization goes from a feeling of &&.&..&&..
&.&&&&.... not having slept at all (left) to being &.&&&.&.&.
&&&...&... full of energy and maybe optimism &&&..&&&&&
...&..&&.. (right). ...&.&....
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...&.&&&&& .. &..&...&..
...&&&.... &&.&&..&&.
...&..&... high otherworldliness and high grip is ..&&.&.&.&
&..&&.&&.. a particularly effective combo. &.&.&&&&&&
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.&....&&.. ... see also ... .....&&...
.&&...&.&. ..~~.. .....&.&..
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.&&&&.&... sleep deities &....&...&
&&...&&&.. the blackbird &&...&&..&
..&..&..&. solipsism ..&..&.&.&
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.&&.&&.&&. ~~==~~ ..&.&&....
.&.&&.&&.& ... furthermore ... &.&&&.&...
.&&&.&&.&& ..~~.. &&&..&&&..
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.&&.&.&&.& 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. &&..&...&&
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