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.