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.