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.....^«:†§                  ««::««                  §†:«^.....
......^«:†              ... 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. ..........
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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.           @§†:«^....
.....^«:†§                                          §†:«^.....
......^«:†                  ..^^..                  †:«^......
.......^«:                                          :«^.......
........^« when  you  sleep all  sound is internal. «^........
.........^ when  you  sleep  your   brain  shrinks. ^.........
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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).             §†:«^.....
....^«:†§@                                          @§†:«^....
...^«:†§@#     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 ...             §†:«^.....
....^«:†§@                  ^^««^^                  @§†:«^....
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..^«:†§@##              sleep deities               ##@§†:«^..
.^«:†§@###              the blackbird               ###@§†:«^.
..^«:†§@##                solipsism                 ##@§†:«^..
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....^«:†§@                  ««::««                  @§†:«^....
.....^«:†§           ... 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.           :«^.......
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