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		<title>Wearing a Beaded Necklace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I fell off the Fun-A-Day wagon a bit. School can be so consuming for the creative, one would think I would be bouncing off the walls with creative ideas for all those assignments thrown at me this week, but I &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/wearing-a-beaded-necklace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3037&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portrait with Circles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sketched this one out this afternoon while waiting for my sculpture class to begin. I decided to go with the idea of texture and pattern as the concept. Tagged: collage, fun-a-day, self-portraiture, small artwork<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3033&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classes start tomorrow. Then it will be dividing my time and energy between loads of work for school, work for money, and life.I can kiss free time for non-school art work goodbye until May (aka my own vision)! Maybe I &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/divisions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3029&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here and/or There.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the upcoming holiday of Valentine&#8217;s Day, I created this piece. I call it &#8220;Here and/or There.&#8221; Someone told me that &#8220;she&#8217;s out there.&#8221; Where &#8220;there&#8221; is, I don&#8217;t know. I do know it is not &#8220;here and &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/here-and-or-there/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3022&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In a Hood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the past two snowy days, I created something rather winter-like. The black pieces are from this sheet of weird vinyl stuff that I found at Rhode Island Recycling for RI Educators. It sucks to paint on and &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/in-a-hood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3014&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mask We Wear.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its the face that we present to the world, not our closest friends who might be able to see through the smile, or the act. Its a best face forward. Unfortunately, people don&#8217;t always seem to read me (or my &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/the-mask-we-wear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=3004&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collage time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m participating in the fun-a-day project/ show in Providence. The goal: make something creative every single day for a month, then show it the following month. I’ve decided to make collage self-portraits. Since I’ve been single, I’ve done enough self-reflection &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/collage-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=2999&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the collage for one of those days in which you feel you may as well be talking to a wall because no one is going to listen or respond anyhow. It appears that I am sharing a secret &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/dialogu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=2991&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Button</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 5&#215;8 sketch journal will never close like it should from all the collages and paper build-up, then I decided to glue a button to this collage. I decided to rip this one out of the sketch journal when I &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/button/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=2988&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Someday I Suppose.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I forgot to post yesterday&#8217;s image,  I was busy freaking out over the Rhode Island teacher certification exam, aka hours and hours of my life studying for an exam my master&#8217;s program failed to prepare me for. Hours I will &#8230; <a href="http://melanieducharme.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/someday-i-suppose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melanieducharme.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7569954&amp;post=2981&amp;subd=melanieducharme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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