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		<title>Year&#8217;s End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As another year comes to a close so to does another opportunity to look at our art and creative efforts throughout the year.   Like many artists, I document and catalog my paintings, an effort that is much easier with computers!  Years ago I would write index cards for each painting with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artcafenetwork.net/AJ/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Creative Surroundings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us have a space that acts as a &#8217;studio&#8217; if that is a separate building or just a temporary corner of the kitchen.   It isn&#8217;t usual to start out with a dedicated space and of course plein air artists can settle to paint anywhere.  Some artists have special requirements for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artcafenetwork.net/AJ/?p=22</link>
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		<title>Artistic Fears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the studio the other day I was thinking about what makes artists fearful.  Humans are by nature fearful; not always of immediate danger, but, as the one creature who looks forward in time, we can imagine dangers in the future.  From worrying about wild animals or food shortage, the health and well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artcafenetwork.net/AJ/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Creative Efficiency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How is it that hours of concentrated artistic effort can produce nothing of worth and yet a few minutes can be inspired?  Determination is not alway efficient use of painting time.  It sometimes seems that the art we work hardest on is not always the best.
While creative inspiration might sometimes seems hard to find, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artcafenetwork.net/AJ/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Man of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ArtBoard members and visitors know Roger Marz as the &#8216;old man mad on drawing&#8217;.  Roger really is a prolific and dedicated artist who has done thousands of sketches and drawings in just the last few years.
Recently Roger created a 2007 desk calendar with floral and tree sketches for every week. The article &#8216;How to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artcafenetwork.net/AJ/?p=19</link>
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