Risley Moss peat accumulation filled the depression, allowing colonisation by bog mosses such as the "Sphagnum" varieties, thus giving rise to the name "moss". Risley Moss is one of only two mosses in Cheshire where the water level has been deliberately raised in an attempt to encourage the regeneration of an active bog surface. The long-term restoration project to re-wet the moss began in 1978 and was completed in 2002. This scheme was undertaken to create a series of scrapes and bunds to retain water and recreate the perfect conditions for bog flora such as cotton grass and sphagnum mosses to re-colonise
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Miller novel "Pure", as well as the 2017 album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah, entitled "The Violent Sleep of Reason." Also the names of Finnish occult metal band Sleep of Monsters and their first album, "Produces Reason" derive from the name of the title. Occasionally the title phrase is rendered as "The dream of reason produces monsters", since the Spanish word "sueño" can mean either "sleep" or "dream". However, Goya's epigraph makes it clear that his intended interpretation is "the sleep of reason". The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters __notoc__ The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters () is an etching