On sleeping, part 1
I have been meaning to write this post for a long, long time but have been forgetting regularly.
I think sleeping should almost be an art form and has embraced it in that sense. After all, people have elevated such vain activities as wine tasting, fashion, polishing nails, and spa treatments to this level so why not sleeping? Indeed, sleeping represents a quarter...a third of one's day [depending on how long they sleep.] On the other hand, such things as wine tasting, spa treatments, etc. may last only an hour or so? As well, sleep is more needed to maintain the human condition as opposed to some of these other items. I think a lot of people see people who engage in sleeping as being gluttons but the same arguments apply for those with food and alcohol albeit culinary arts and wine are basically art forms unto themselves. As I intend to explain, the act of sleeping can convey emotion, status, and even add to one's personality. The following are some items in relation to sleeping:
LOCATION: Just to name some particularly famous sleeping places, I wish to cite: the Lincoln bedroom, Tutankhamen's gilded bed, beginning with Louis XI it was protocol for the king to lie in a bed before Parliament, Louis XIV had up to 493 beds including the famous bedroom at Versailles, Napoleon I's bed, not to mention all the famous hotels worldwide [since their primary service is to have a comfortable place for guests to sleep.] Anyways, the location of where one chooses to sleep exhibits certain environmental conditions due to the desire of light [either artificial or natural], wanting to be able to view a television, sleeping on a couch versus a bed, etc.
TYPE OF BEDDING: Materials have been somewhat of a status symbol when it comes to bedding - the use of Egyptian cotton, silks, or whatever to increase the presentation value of the bed itself. I think the use of various materials by the sleeper can enhance the value of the experience...
I think sleeping should almost be an art form and has embraced it in that sense. After all, people have elevated such vain activities as wine tasting, fashion, polishing nails, and spa treatments to this level so why not sleeping? Indeed, sleeping represents a quarter...a third of one's day [depending on how long they sleep.] On the other hand, such things as wine tasting, spa treatments, etc. may last only an hour or so? As well, sleep is more needed to maintain the human condition as opposed to some of these other items. I think a lot of people see people who engage in sleeping as being gluttons but the same arguments apply for those with food and alcohol albeit culinary arts and wine are basically art forms unto themselves. As I intend to explain, the act of sleeping can convey emotion, status, and even add to one's personality. The following are some items in relation to sleeping:
LOCATION: Just to name some particularly famous sleeping places, I wish to cite: the Lincoln bedroom, Tutankhamen's gilded bed, beginning with Louis XI it was protocol for the king to lie in a bed before Parliament, Louis XIV had up to 493 beds including the famous bedroom at Versailles, Napoleon I's bed, not to mention all the famous hotels worldwide [since their primary service is to have a comfortable place for guests to sleep.] Anyways, the location of where one chooses to sleep exhibits certain environmental conditions due to the desire of light [either artificial or natural], wanting to be able to view a television, sleeping on a couch versus a bed, etc.
TYPE OF BEDDING: Materials have been somewhat of a status symbol when it comes to bedding - the use of Egyptian cotton, silks, or whatever to increase the presentation value of the bed itself. I think the use of various materials by the sleeper can enhance the value of the experience...