• The Barber’s Silence: A Haircut, Tolstoy’s Angel, and the Flow of Time

      Once I went to get a haircut, and when I saw the barber cutting my hair, I actually remembered a story about a cobbler written by Tolstoy.   There is a cobbler in one of Tolstoy’s short stories, whose name I have forgotten. This cobbler was originally an angel and was demoted to the earth for committing sins in heaven. He fell naked in the mud and was found by an old cobbler passing by who took him in. After he recovered, he learned various crafts in the old cobbler’s shop and later became a cobbler.   After several years of learning, the cobbler’s craftsmanship has surpassed that of the old cobbler.…

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