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	<title>Creative Cogitation &#187; jake beckman</title>
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	<description>About art &#38; the art of Jake Beckman, painter of magical realism &#38; representational abstracts.  &#34;Currently I paint binary &#38; birds based on humorous observations of social media &#38; other forms of electronic communications. Alternatively I am exploring mathematical abstraction in my new non representational work.-Jake&#34;</description>
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		<title>The MOB is Back, Name this Painting etc</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/11/07/the-mob-is-back-name-this-painting-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howdy My Fans.  Going to try giving stuff away to find collectors-specifically 8x10 inch prints matted to 11x14 inches.  Haven’t worked out the details yet.  Also thinking of setting up stuff on FineArtAmerica.com as well.  Stay tuned. Meanwhile on of my MonOrchid Bunch (MOB) buddies, Kristine Brambilla, took up roller derby in the guise of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trees For Life, Save the Caledonean Forest</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/19/trees-for-life-save-the-caledonean-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Cogitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 7, 2011 UPDATE: My Trees For Life Painting did sell at this event along with many others.  The last tally I read said they had made more than 5,000 pounds for their charity.  Not bad. Not bad at all. I generally do not contribute paintings to black-tie charitable events. There are a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Time With My Muse</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/07/doing-time-with-my-muse/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/07/07/doing-time-with-my-muse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Cogitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to get inspired]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Just do it]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess that is another artist type of feeling, I sometimes feel like an unfinished work that has been kicked in the corner is sucking energy away from me.  If I really wanna rile up my muse, I just tell her I am going to stake one of her minions.]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Your Garden Grow?</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/23/how-does-your-garden-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/23/how-does-your-garden-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Cogitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art commissions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no problem taking on commissions as long as the person desiring the commission can give me a clear idea of what they want, and if the commission is something I feel comfortable doing.  One thing I am never comfortable doing is copying someone elses work; it comes up more often than you might think.]]></description>
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		<title>On Muses and Other Weird Little Creatures</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/14/on-muses-and-other-weird-little-creatures/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/06/14/on-muses-and-other-weird-little-creatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insane Imaginings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then there is my Muse, an annoying little fairy, who flits around and head butts me at the most inopportune of times, trying to get my attention, telling me she has this really cool idea and that I need to work on it now.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Random Notes From January 2011</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/01/18/random-notes-from-january-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2011/01/18/random-notes-from-january-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been insanely busy this year already. First I would like to give a shout out to Two organizations who have featured me in the last month. Most recently I am the Featured Artist at Artsyshark.com. Also ArtofDay.com included me in 18 Great Paintings, Illustrations, Drawings, Sculptures &#38; Digital Photography. Both featured works from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desert southwest artist in the Big Apple, NYC</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/09/24/desert-southwest-artist-in-the-big-apple-nyc/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/09/24/desert-southwest-artist-in-the-big-apple-nyc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been sending pictures and writing about my adventures in New York City on Facebook and Twitter.  If you want frequent updates you probably should follow me there.  Moving along… Transportation: I set up a car rental, but various folks said, “You don’t need one.” so I didn’t pick it up-throwing myself to the tender mercies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Paintings in 100 Days</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/07/14/100-paintings-in-100-days/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/07/14/100-paintings-in-100-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 22 I decide to attempt 100 paintings in 100 days. I don’t know if I can even do this.  Its a daunting task to contemplate, but I am going to give it a try.  Why? I watched Julia &#38; Julia and it gave me this ridiculous idea.  Sure I have heard about it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montezuma’s Revenge, Doomsday 2012-Not Really.</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/06/27/montezumas-revenge-doomsday-2012-not-really/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/06/27/montezumas-revenge-doomsday-2012-not-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of my thinking about Social Media revolves around the fringe element.  I think we all are fringy at times. Here’s a fringe theory from me. Please explain otherwise why kittens are a perrienial favorite posting in all forms of social media? I think it’s their secret power — I’d reach for for my tin foil hat but my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push myself away from the computer P2</title>
		<link>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/06/23/push-myself-away-from-the-computer-p2/</link>
		<comments>http://akajake.com/blog/2010/06/23/push-myself-away-from-the-computer-p2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update June 23:  I came to realize I had a strong urge to cheat on my plan using my mobile (Blackberry) . I found myself reaching for it everytime I saw the red light flashing.  It was unintentional/automatic.  I have had to deliberately not touch it.  So right now it is sitting face down so I [...]]]></description>
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