K AT I E
K I N G
RUMFORD
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I love to sleep. It’s really that simple. As I went about my days, searching for something interesting, I realized that, although possibly boring to others, sleeping is truly the best part of my day and I wanted to explore my dreams. Part of the reason I love to sleep is the simple fact that it is my time of rest. I can rest my eyes, rest my muscles and just be still. These days, there’s not a lot of places where you can just be still. I was asked the other day why I love my sleep so much? Clearly this person doesn’t and I had to figure out why. In my mind, everyone loves to sleep and those who don’t are just plain crazy insomniacs. She said she was wasting time by sleeping. And she hated to dream. She has nightmares every night and hates the feeling of falling in her dreams. I wondered if I really was as relaxed as I thought when I was sleeping. I began to record my dreams, writing down what I could remember and realized how much I go through in a single night. The truth is, I’m not myself at night. I’m not myself in my dreams, but I can’t escape.
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and dream your life away Falling asleep might be the best feeling of the day. You are forced to let go. Lie there, still as a corpse. Awaiting fate and the dreams she brings.
SLEEP NOW SLEEP
A N D S O FA D E S O R R O W
SLEEP BELOVED SLEEP 8/7 CLOSE YOUR EYES
SLEEP NOW SLEEP
A FA R T O M O R R O W
SLEEP BELOVED SLEEP
YOU ARE HOME THIS NIGHT
HOME OF WINTER
YOUR HOME OF AUTUMN
SUMMER AND SPRING
YOU ARE HOME THIS NIGHT
LASTING HOME
ETERNAL HOME
YOUR ETERNAL HOME
SLEEP OF SEVEN LIGHTS UPON YOU
SLEEP OF SEVEN JOYS
SLEEP OF SEVEN SLUMBERS ON YOU
IN YOUR EASY POISE
YOU ARE HOME THIS NIGHT
HOME OF STILLNESS
YOUR HOME OF SPIRIT
BEING AND BLISS
YOU ARE HOME THIS NIGHT
ABIDING HOME
FOREVER HOME
YOUR FOREVER HOME
SLEEP//DONOVON LEITCH
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the type of person who dreams good dreams. Dreams of positivity, light and laughter.
Sleep warm, sleep tight, when you turn off the light, sleep warm, sleep well, my love. Rest your head on your pillow, what a lucky pillow, close to you, so close to you all night. Sleep warm, sleep well, let dreams within you dwell, sweet dreams of me, my love. Close your eyes now and kiss me, and whisper you miss me, sleep tight, sleep well, sleep warm.
Sleep Warm//Frank Sinatra
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you’re the type of person who sleeps to survive. Avoiding the torture that dreams bring.
WOLF OF THE SHADOWS, B E A S T I N T H E N I G H T, W H AT I S I T Y O U H U N T IN THIS DREADFUL NIGHT?
WHY MUST YOU BRING ME NIGHTMARES FROM WITHIN? I CAN FEEL YOU CRAWLING D E E P B E N E AT H M Y S K I N .
WHENE’ER I CLOSE MY EYES, THERE YOU LIE IN WAIT FORCING ME TO SEE T H E I M A G E S I H AT E .
WOLF OF THE SHADOWS, I FEEL YOU COME, BUT CANNOT AWAKEN, T H I S D E E P S L E E P, F R O M .
B E A S T I N T H E N I G H T, BLOODIED TEETH GLISTENING; VOICES OF DOUBT WHISPERING T H AT N O O N E E L S E I S L I S T E N I N G .
I CANNOT SHAKE MYSELF AWAKE. I CANNOT EVEN SCREAM! I C A N N O T M O V E M Y B O D Y, I CANNOT ESCAPE THIS DREAM!
CANNOT AWAKEN//MARY ELIZA
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I OFTEN FEEL
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As I stand, Feeling the rain; Flowing over me, Washing away my pain.
The wind blows cold, My skin turns old. With every passing day, I am fading away.
The rain kisses my face, Feeling so cold; Reminiscent of the memories, That I hold.
In an attentive gaze, Through a mental haze. Just another dying day, I am fading away.
I Am Fading Away//Joshua Fegley
TA K E T H I S K I S S U P O N T H E B R O W !
A N D , I N PA R T I N G F R O M Y O U N O W, 20/19
T H U S M U C H L E T M E AV O W :
CLOSE YOUR EYES
YOU ARE NOT WRONG WHO DEEM
T H AT M Y D AY S H AV E B E E N A D R E A M ;
Y E T I F H O P E H A S F L O W N A W AY
I N A N I G H T, O R I N A D AY,
IN A VISION, OR IN NONE,
IS IT THEREFORE THE LESS GONE?
A L L T H AT W E S E E O R S E E M
IS BUT A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.
I S TA N D A M I D T H E R O A R
OF A SURF-TORMENTED SHORE,
AND I HOLD WITHIN MY HAND
GRAINS OF THE GOLDEN SAND—
HOW FEW! YET HOW THEY CREEP
T H R O U G H M Y F I N G E R S T O T H E D E E P,
WHILE I WEEP—WHILE I WEEP!
O GOD! CAN I NOT GRASP
THEM WITH A TIGHTER CLASP?
O G O D ! C A N I N O T S AV E
O N E F R O M T H E P I T I L E S S W AV E ?
I S A L L T H AT W E S E E O R S E E M
BUT A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM?
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM//EDGAR ALLAN POE
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UNABLE TO SEE WHERE I’VE BEEN OR WHERE I’M GOING
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I OFTEN FEEL
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
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CONFUSED. PULLED IN ALL D I R E C T I O N S AT O N C E
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i don’t feel like m
t
my
I tell you how i feel, but you don’t care
I say tell me the truth, but you don’t dare
You say love is a hell you cannot bear
And i say gimme mine back and then go there for all i care
I got my feet on the ground
And i don’t go to sleep to dream
You got your head in the clouds
And you’re not at all what you seem
This mind, this body
And this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
So don’t forget what i told you
Don’t come around, i got my own hell to raise
I have never been so insulted in all my life
I could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride
First you run like a fool just to be at my side
And now you run like a fool
But you just run to hide, and i can’t abide
I got my feet on the ground
And i don’t go to sleep to dream
You got your head in the clouds
And you’re not at all what you seem
This mind, this body
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And this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways
So don’t forget what i told you
Don’t come around, i got my own hell to raise
Don’t make it a big deal, don’t be so sensitive
We’re not playing a game anymore
You don’t have to be so defensive
Don’t you plead me your case, don’t bother to explain
Don’t even show me your face, ‘’cause it’s a crying shame
Just go back to the rock from under which you came
Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim
And don’t forget the blame
I got my feet on the ground
And i don’t go to sleep to dream
You got your head in the clouds
And you’re not at all what you seem
This mind, this body
And this voice cannot be stifled by your deviantways
So don’t forget what i told you
Don’t come around, i got my own hell to raise
Sleep to Dream//Fiona Apple
m a n
myself at night
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it feels like i’m free falling
SWIRLING...SPIRALING DOWN...
CRASHING TO THE GROUND
G O I N G W AY T O O FA S T T O S L O W D O W N
W O N ’ T S O M E O N E C AT C H M E ?
I L O S T M Y PA R A C H U T E L O N G A G O
PA S S I N G B L U E , PA S S I N G G R E E N
I ’ V E B E E N FA L L I N G F O R A W H I L E N O W
HOW MUCH LONGER...UNTIL I HIT SOMETHING?
B E I T G R O U N D , S K Y, H E A V E N , O R H E L L
AM I SUPPOSED TO CARE?
T O H O P E I L A N D S A F E LY ?
I’M BEYOND CARING, HOPING, WONDERING NOW
AH, HERE COMES THE DEEP GREEN GRASS
SOON IT WILL TURN RED
W I N D S C R E A M I N G , G R O U N D A P P R O A C H I N G FA S T
I CLOSE MY EYES
W A I T. . . A N D W A I T. . . A N D W A I T.
T H E FA L L I N G D R E A M / / A R I E N N E K U R O
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but right before i hit the ground.. I heard that if you hit the ground while you’re still asleep you die. I’m not ready to die.
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COLOPHON Designer
Katie King Rumford
Semester
Spring 2011
Class
GR 613
Professor
Stan Zeinka
Typefaces
Avenir Clarendon
Printer Paper
Epson 3800 Red River 50lb. Premium Matte
Cutting
Eco Copy
Binding
Katie King Rumford San Francisco, California Copyright Š Katie King Rumford 2011
42/42 CLOSE YOUR EYES Sleep warm, sleep tight, when you turn off the light, sleep warm, sleep well, my love. Rest your head on your pillow, what a lucky pillow, close to you, so close to you all night. Sleep warm, sleep well, let dreams within you dwell, sweet dreams of me, my love. Close your eyes now and kiss me, and whisper you miss me, sleep tight, sleep well, sleep warm.
Sleep Warm//Frank Sinatra