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		<title>&#8220;Hip Hop, Ya Don&#8217;t Stop?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One of my favorite accomplishments this year was working on this backdrop. As I normally create heady abstract compositions, this gave me the opportunity to do something that was readily accessible, with a &#8220;true school&#8221; feel and vibe to it. LOVED IT! It was created for MMAP&#8217;s History Thru Hip Hop program, to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scape Going Down South, Into the Heart of Dixie?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting here listening to &#8220;Sweet Home Alabama&#8221;, by the great Southern Rock Band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and some may wonder &#8220;Why?&#8221;. The reason? Well, aside from it being a good recording, that I listened to frequently&#8230; This coming June, I have the great fortune of taking my unique brand of creativity down South to Gadsden, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Misadventures of Scape part 17&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Through my journeys, there are times when I find myself in awkward and in some instances ironic and comical situations. This is one: I was painting a wall, alongside some railroad tracks, a soundwall as a matter of fact. Been working on it for about two weeks, putting up some of my unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sneek Peek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a small snippet of what is to come. &#8220;Colomaster&#8221; is coming November 2013, get your pre-orders in by going here: Amazon &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Enter China&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a population of over 1.3 BILLION people, China is the worlds most populous country. It is the worlds second largest country by land area. It is the worlds fastest growing economy and the second largest economy, second only to the United States. Beijing, it&#8217;s capital is one of the most populous cities in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Art for 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcoming in 2013 with new artwork. New year, new ideas, new concepts, new artwork. This is the first step in a long narrative.]]></description>
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		<title>Scape Martinez is Honored for Artistic Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday October 10, 2012. I could not sleep the previous night, I was freakishly nervous from the moment I arose out of bed. Words, questions, and phrases where darting through my head all night long. &#8220;Who do I say, what do I say, when do I say,&#8230; tie, no tie, red tie, black tie, bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections from the Art Studio: A New &#8220;S&#8221; Piece.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bare 48&#215;60 canvas, pure white. Looking at such a clean surface, I wonder how can I impose my will on it. Years ago, there was a fascination with white wall space. I dreamed of redecorating and animating the public spaces that I was attracted to. Pure white&#8230; Now, the only white that I&#8217;d like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GRAFFITI: WORD WARRIOR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; (This is an article that was written for BOMB Magazine, sometime in the 1990&#8242;s. I am re-posting here for your reading pleasure. Some views have matured, some views have stayed the same.) Graffiti, the scourge of metropolitan areas, the source of violent crime. The youth gone wild, thieves who steal, rob, and grow up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scapemartinez.com/blog/?p=130</link>
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		<title>Collaboration Summer 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COLLABORATE &#8211; to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor. The word comes from the Latin &#8220;collaboratus&#8220;, the past participle of collaborare, to labor together, and from the Latin com + laborare, which is to labor. &#160; So how exactly do you collaborate?&#8230; that seemed to be the big question for [...]]]></description>
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