Thinking in Abstract in Creative Writing

Iwoke up this morning to a peculiar story. It is a story by Russian fiction writer Nikolai Gogol. I won’t reveal the name of the story — yet — as it would take the amusement away. A title can be so telling, like our name revealing our origin, a reason why I prefer to walk around with a pseudonym — Alexandria Gustav. Where is the joy and mystery in life if we give away ourselves upon entry? It begins with a barber named Ivan Yakovlevich. He wakes up one morning, sits at the table to have his breakfast, slice open a piece of bread, and finds a nose in it. A few untypical reactions ensue. His wife immediately lashes at Yakovlevich. “Cheat! Drunkard! I’ll report you to the police myself. You brigand! Three people have told me already you pull on noses so hard when you shave that they can hardly stay on.” Barber Yakovlevich suffers a different horror. He is petrified because he recognizes the nose belongs to a customer who comes in for a shave every Wednesday and Sunday— Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov. Yakovlevich panics. “How the hell did it happen?” He thinks and thinks before deciding to get rid of it. He plans to “either slip it behind a pillar next to the gate or sort of let it drop nonchalantly before turning into an alley”. Unfortunately, he keeps bumping into people he knows, preventing the drop off and further escalating his anxiety. But something else far more incredulous is occurring. <a href="https://medium.com/ellemeno/thinking-in-abstracts-in-creative-writing-9063919550b3">Website</a>