Archive - The Process

An MFA in Grease Poetry.

Reflecting on my time in Hell’s Kitchen.

5 hrs ago • Cole Schafer

A poem about rewriting the end.

Aug 18 • Cole Schafer

How to live like a samurai.

Miyamoto Musashi's 21 rules for living with courage, discipline and honor.

Aug 18 • Cole Schafer

Started from the bottom, now we're here.

How a busboy became one of the most celebrated cartoonists in the world.

Aug 17 • Cole Schafer

Blocked? Take a walk.

How Charles Dickens confronted creative problems on foot.

Aug 14 • Cole Schafer

Do not disturb.

The surprising correlation between introversion and creativity.

Aug 13 • Cole Schafer

An argument for anonymity.

How a British adman wrote one of the best-selling books of the last three decades.

Aug 12 • Cole Schafer

This essay cost me $25.

Palm readers, Barnum statements and the stories we tell ourselves in order to live.

Aug 11 • Cole Schafer

A poem about going all the way.

Aug 10 • Cole Schafer

Life's greatest returns lie inches from madness.

Aug 10 • Cole Schafer

Grand theft art.

Why Quentin Tarantino steals from every movie he sees.

Aug 8 • Cole Schafer

Eyes wide shut.

How Pablo Picasso's insomnia might have provoked his prolific output.

Aug 6 • Cole Schafer

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