TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM :

I think work is so important, and it gives me so much pleasure, and I am so acutely aware of the inexorable character of time passing, that I might feel worried about liking sleeping and dreaming just as much. Fortunately, I understood that this is not time spent in inactivity, and that it is vital for the quality of my life to accept the quality of my nights. Since then, I attach much greater importance to the grain of my sheets, the feathers in my quilt, the appearance of my bed, whether it is neatly made or pleasantly unmade. This sophisticated context helps me to immerse myself in the world of deep sleep during which I used to imagine that I was "wasting my time", and into the world of dreams, in which I love to draw inspiration from these strange bits and pieces that float to the surface of my consciousness. I know now that "sleeping on a problem" to find a better solution is no empty phrase; I know that the idea that refuses to come today will come tomorrow if I am patient, as if sleep was hard at work while we are not. So perhaps unconsciously, I have given a considerable role to beds, and I have every intention of lingering there a while longer !