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Michelangelo had help.
While painting the Sistine Chapel, the renowned artist employed a small army.
Jul 4 • Cole Schafer
A lifetime of coffees with you.
A poem about love, from beginning to end.
Jul 2 • Cole Schafer

June 2026

Some things are better left unsaid.
Hemingway's Iceberg Theory will make you better, deeper writer.
Jun 30 • Cole Schafer
Catch me if you can.
How to steal $2 billion worth of art (and almost get away with it).
Jun 30 • Cole Schafer
Write like you're running out of time.
Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 9 days with just $9.80 to his name.
Jun 28 • Cole Schafer
Quit the game.
To find love, we must first forfeit power.
Jun 28 • Cole Schafer
You are sacred and profane.
A poem on feeling and enduring.
Jun 27 • Cole Schafer
"Holy schnoz."
Michelangelo's client thought David's nose was too big.
Jun 26 • Cole Schafer
Robert De Niro hated auditions.
So he created his own role and hired himself.
Jun 24 • Cole Schafer
Apple. Basquiat. Nike. Woolf.
An exploration into the names we remember.
Jun 23 • Cole Schafer
He never wore an Oura Ring.
When we optimize our lives, we forget how to live.
Jun 22 • Cole Schafer
I forgot to say thank you.
A poem to my father's father.
Jun 22 • Cole Schafer
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