This text is from a cartoon by the wonderful Australian author Michael Leunig:
HOW TO SLEEP WELL "GOOD PYJAMAS: GOOD SLEEP," so goes the old saying, yet many people do not understand the vital significance of pyjamas in the achievement of deep and restful sleep. SLEEPING IS A RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY: a holy communion with the inner world of dreams and darkness. The appropriate ceremonial attire is important for a smooth passage into the Land of Nod. ESSENTIALLY, PYJAMAS MUST FEEL COMFORTABLE AND LOOK RIDICULOUS. Wearing them is a ritualistic renunciation of the conscious, external world: the world of looking good and feeling stressed. As we approach the cot, pyjama clad, the LUDICROUS SELF is proclaimed, triumphant and free. The vestments of the outer world lie cast off and crumpled on the floor. We look soft and child-like, inept and shambling; primitive and funny. The pyjama fabric droops like tired old elephant skin. The buttons are done up in the wrong holes. The trousers are hitched up nearly to the arm pits. The cuffs wag above the ankles. One side of the coat is tucked in, the other hangs out. We have no place in the "real" world looking like this! WE ARE THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF. What freedom! What peace! What blessed relief! "GOOD PYJAMAS: GOOD SLEEP." Michael Leunig, from
"You and Me", 1995
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