##@§=^--..                                          ..--^=§@##
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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. ..--^=§@##
#@§=^--...                                          ...--^=§@#
@§=^--....                  ..--..                  ....--^=§@
§=^--.....                                          .....--^=§
=^--...... 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.           .--^=§@###
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^--.......                                          .......--^