A PERSPECTIVE ON THE MOST INTIMATE OF SPACES

BED IS THE ULTIMATE VEHICLE FOR ESCAPISM. IT IS THERE THAT WE DREAM AFTER ALL,
AND IT IS IN DREAMS WE ENTER A WORLD THAT IS ENTIRELY OUR OWN.

BUT IT IS IN BED THAT WE ALSO ESCAPE IN ELATION, ECSTASY AND EVEN SOMETIMES FALL DOWN IN DESPAIR.

BEING INVITED INTO SOMEONE'S BED, OR INVITING THEM INTO YOUR OWN IS
INTIMATE FAR BEYOND WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO CONSIDER.

YOU ARE WRITTEN IN THE CREASES OF YOUR LINEN. IN BED YOUR PATTERNS CANNOT BE HIDDEN,
THE TRENCHES DUG DEEP INTO THE MATTRESS, FROM DREAMS, OR NIGHTMARES THAT MOVE YOUR BODY.
THE WAY YOU CURL INTO THE VISITOR, TRYING TO MOVE THEM INTO
THE SHAPE OF THE FORMER MORE PERMANENT RESIDENT.
HOW TIGHTLY YOU PULL SOMEONE INTO YOU, EVEN IN YOUR DEEPEST STATE OF SLEEP,
INTERTWINING LEGS AND ARMS AS IF FOR FEAR YOU MAY UNTANGLE,
AND LOSE THEM A MERE FOOT AWAY. OR, THE WAY YOU HAVE NO PATTERNS AT ALL.

THERE IS A UNIVERSE OF DISTANCE WITHIN A BED.

WE EAT IN BED, KISS IN BED, TALK, DANCE, LOVE, FIGHT AND OCCASIONALLY JUST SLEEP.

THE BEST BEDS LOOK BETTER UNMADE THAN THEY DO NEATLY TUCKED. THE BEST BEDS ARE LIVED IN,
LOVED IN AND LOOK AS IF THE MOST INCREDIBLE DREAMS WERE CONJURED ON THEIR PILLOWS.

"YOU'RE AN INTERESTING SPECIES, AN INTERESTING MIX. YOU'RE CAPABLE OF SUCH BEAUTIFUL DREAMS AND SUCH HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES. SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LOST, CUT OFF, ALONE, ONLY YOU'RE NOT. SEE IN ALL OUR SEARCHING, THE ONLY THING WE'VE FOUND THAT MAKES THE EMPTINESS BEARABLE IS EACH OTHER" 

CARL SAGAN

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