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.