Gaining a Foothold 062 -- 1988 Reading of Robbert's struggle with his `sleeping machine' provides insight into the struggle with one's own `sleeping machine'. There's nothing you haven't already heard in what he's saying and there's nothing especially new (to me, at least) about the way he says it. But, sometimes the most helpful thing of all, is listening to another present their version of the same thing you are struggling with. If you can find Robbert in the `mist' of it all, you have a stronger chance of finding yourself in the `mist' of it all (as they say in Newfoundland, where they don't need a foghorn to find their way back to the harbor on a foggy night).