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Tour diary

A peek inside my notebook on the road

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Austin Kleon
Jun 09, 2026
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Hey y’all,

Greetings from a hotel room in Cleveland, Ohio!

Writing about my 4 notebooks for Noted inspired me to bring a brush pen with two refills on my travels to Nashville and Cleveland to promote Don’t Call It Art.

I’m presenting the past handful of days unvarnished, with a little bit of commentary.

This drawing of me was inspired by striking reproductions of Pierre Roche’s “Delivrance” I saw on the side of a law office in Nashville.

I had a fun day in Nashville, sitting by the pool at the Chloe and speaking to a full house at Parnassus.

I had actually never seen a Christo and Jean-Claude prep drawing in person — this one was for the “Surrounded Islands” project.

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