,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                                          ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###                  ~~††~~                  ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##               ,,, sleep ,,,              ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                  ..~~..                  #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤### sleep is  the most important meal of the ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### day.  sleep  is  saying  goodbye  for  a ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### while.  if you  can dream, you also  get ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤## to  visit  friends  and  other  animals. ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                  ,,..,,                  ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### deeper than death  is  to  be alive  and ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### asleep. it is death if  it was temporary ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##            and rejuvenating.             ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                  ,,..,,                  ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### sleep  is  a  black  marble  outside  of ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### which  there is  nothing.  inside is all ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤## the   stars  and   in   the   middle   a ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤# black lake. at the  foot  of  this  lake #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##          stands an old friend.           ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                  ,,..,,                  ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤## when  you sleep all  sound is  internal. ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤# when  you   sleep  your  brain  shrinks. #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                  ,,..,,                  ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                                          ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### if you  wish to measure sleep, use these ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##    four quantifiers:: grip, deepness,    ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#    otherworldiness and revitalization.   #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤### grip goes from not being able  to let go ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### all  day   (left)  to   not   caring  to ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###             remember (right).            ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#     deepness goes from being several     #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤## hundred  meters  down  (left) to  barely ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###      touching the surface (right).       ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                                          ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###    otherworldliness goes from a single   ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##  coherent dreamscape (left), via normal  ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤# dream  amounts  (middle)  to  no  dreams #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                 (right).                 ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### revitalization  goes  from  a feeling of ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### not having  slept at all (left) to being ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤## full  of  energy  and   maybe   optimism ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                 (right).                 #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                    ..                    ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                                          ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### high otherworldliness  and  high grip is ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##     a particularly effective combo.      ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                  ~~††~~                  ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###             ,,, see also ,,,             ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                  ..~~..                  ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##              sleep deities               ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#              the blackbird               #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                solipsism                 ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                  ~~††~~                  ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###            ,,, furthermore ,,,           ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##                  ..~~..                  ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤## this  is  still a  place:  here,  in the ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤### silence,  darkness  and   night  -   and ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### loneliness,  holding  a kind of dilution ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤### of  reality,   and  suddenly  it's   not ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤## important  that  i  lie in my  bed,  the ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤# lack   of  presence  brings  the  notion #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤## that,  if  i  do  not  choose  sleep,  i ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###   choose past, future, something with    ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤#### more   substance   than  the  objects  i ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###          surround myself with.           ###¤$^†~.,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,,,.~†^$¤#                                          #¤$^†~.,,,
,,.~†^$¤##                                          ##¤$^†~.,,
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,
.~†^$¤####                                          ####¤$^†~.
,.~†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†~.,