Andre J de Saint Phalle

Andre J de Saint Phalle

The Conversation That Wrote My Book

What two years of writing with AI actually looks like

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André J. de Saint Phalle
Feb 23, 2026
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My 1973 "Record" — the 6x9 notebook I carried for seven thousand miles. Fifty years later, it became the foundation of a book.

In the spring of 2023, I dug my 1973 “Record” out of a drawer. I’d carried this 6x9 notebook with me in 1973 when I hitchhiked seven thousand miles across America — thumb out at twenty-one, guitar on my back, eighty dollars in my…

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