Art of lying down. A guide to the horizontal way of life

The anthem of the lying, composed by Bernom Brunner, is a deep, substantial cultural and historical study and at the same time a collection of fascinating stories.
A good third of our life we ​​spend lying down: in any other position, a person does not think so much, does not dream, does not like. However, in many people, lying down causes disapproval, it is often confused with passivity and laziness.
In this case, the horizontal position is extremely valuable, because it is it that often leads to the most interesting ideas. If, for example, Michelangelo did not spend much time lying, it would hardly have occurred to him to turn the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel into one of the greatest masterpieces of mankind.

In our time, when progress sometimes comes into a dead end, catastrophically misses the intended goal, rest lying becomes preparation for something more thoughtful. In any case, he pleasantly frees us from the forced logic of progress and regression.
Bernd Brunner