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.