<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:10:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@beginningtoend/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Posing for Statues]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/posing-for-statues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/posing-for-statues</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHb9vGVie8nPwUijEkrjJbhcnyppoTGwQC8GUmMKQ848XDRupEEN6NHC3CeEbRvhsPBKCfaozMksWmSguuzWk5qiL6nqdbiQEmabYjGtsiMPCo9QhmUFtQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Spoonful of Darkness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever called the sky soup? This collage explores that idea.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/a-spoonful-of-darkness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/a-spoonful-of-darkness</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:46:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHcKtiZKgTzbsCzqyaGK5aFudQewkBH4CDCvbmZjLdFLz57Dv91uJMa6NZWSwZWmzJNAPSX5EA7oRSVuGmjgnA5QyhhzWQ4HGuNa8tcx1SY48EtLYMhVR2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duchamp’s view of the Donald]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to have a little fun juxtaposing the ‘Baby Donald’ ballon and the art work of Duchamp. The art work has a glass lens the viewer is suppose to look through.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/duchamp-s-view-of-the-donald</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/duchamp-s-view-of-the-donald</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHdkdt1UiTue9AmxgcoFaxYf1E5AcJaQJ1etvMWmEFHPvS7LZuP6C1389FcrBZ7XgXJtF3CNnM9XG1G1vPgTCHCafbfKJXxH746SMz5gpPC6G2p8rBwudkS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling the Surface of Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[With all the technology floating around in the sky you begin to feel like privacy is a thing of the past. My collage tries to capture that feeling.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/feeling-the-surface-of-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/feeling-the-surface-of-earth</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:53:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ1wGGxwDG7psKSDRsX4CgPjLmXAHiHQMNMPyiDvUN2SBsXaNrmoGQR2wGPJa2kbH1b5cooivEstZYg63yAjayW455hBFt6Nr7TYoCMWFfViaT5xfLrZvmC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vector Drawing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m using Adobe Illustrator, a vector drawing program, to create this image.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/vector-drawing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/vector-drawing</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHgNcEeJXw2gorrdULQNzpWoXFpp5VNXfwQ91R9Tjm5kfzByJcYmoeYA47i1UgA1eYJQU37nw2E8E9y8U2rcL1h4NcDGMrrwWFKgx9jMZPBk4Qkv9yEXMRg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Collage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another experiment with photo collage.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/27to6k-photo-collage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/27to6k-photo-collage</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:27:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ6124cPqk2VUaDd5sPHastRr6dhyHRMsHCcXBq2TG1rgjnC1oTYpQ65WgWmA27BdtKbp6sveUW8JNT9AckpMBqKMbsab5fhqnT9ix7iVZp5QyzGaR5X2t6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstract Within Realism]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I do straight photography I like to find situations where the subject, in this case Spiderwart, becomes more of an abstract pattern. What I like about this photo is the depth created by the weaving]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/abstract-within-realism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/abstract-within-realism</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:51:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ4fH2rMxLeByjhrtc4efzmH8faby6ayr71VyhCTa1KwSsveUaAcvR86ApJYArUukvkzW6sJ9ZTiESkZpqn765Mb3KpNakEmfsFpHxHjeB4jKXF1YzbN9Vg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Collage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just finished this new collage, I’m rather liking it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/2puxjf-photo-collage</link><guid 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26 Jun 2019 15:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ4uPLHFtn2sQ5S6cnivguAdeNewY2qyGKv3vUGLZogw2fZPiB5AmDNXjXwmFMqVkWHsqxWdkd8UMeNUJaKrcqPVJnPLYcnatT3CgH9gqrYQSzs8K3p3syp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Poetry / Vinyl Seats]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this old image I created, thought it went well with my poem. Vinyl Seat Sub-zero, a crust of white snow. Heat from the dash warms her cold feet. The walk is not shoveled. She snuggles her waist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@beginningtoend/art-and-poetry-vinyl-seats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@beginningtoend/art-and-poetry-vinyl-seats</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:42:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHnA73sfUHpcS6jUPh8UcA8Js6NNcU6oqfKPTw3C7HwuJsCS4cKoxz75FZjxXv8Q2quzstYHbdnGX4kMBpRZB21GJ6zMoyyVv1koLLptVp8Ww9Fg6ohFRbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Poetry / The Value of Ivory]]></title><description><![CDATA[The collage that I made is meant to show distance and makes a good companion for my poem, ‘The Value of Ivory.’ The Value of Ivory A mathematician calculates the elephant’s wish to walk in the shade, makes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/art-and-poetry-the-value-of-ivory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/art-and-poetry-the-value-of-ivory</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2019 12:32:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHoZytTXLGdH4GgaejD9J85m9gmTV8vdPppDZkHzhy85pUizHTmbHTRc879CFEKgv6ak6fjTUDiiekWodAqyKN8oGkGakpSvtNuZVVYqrgbbAr2Eum4pfj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The History of Cherry Blossom]]></title><description><![CDATA[In some of my recent collage work I have been using old wallpaper designs. I have titled this image, ‘The History of Cherry Blossom.’]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/the-history-of-cherry-blossom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/the-history-of-cherry-blossom</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:53:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHzRkNp6pYcJpMC1cnoSaBg35921dtw4dGaWavHd4D3mQcAuaCMtqqFqMySHEGUQCHJNZiwWNo9cpzzDJoRE5QvvugSioNTKm2g4bKT2Hjz9HiNW8HxWYHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Drawing / Tokyo Jazz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking a little break from the photo collages I have been working on to do a straight digital drawing.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/digital-drawing-tokyo-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@beginningtoend/digital-drawing-tokyo-jazz</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHnBhYpsvqCSNq8cLBRvgfinHtuBkBZZ7EaEciFSaq5s8GiCndZ7izGPEERyRezixr9CyEXYVJ6nqb6AqGufsUPwPWkvqTacwZWR4MHoSEGCjgAHtxxsTnn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Past, Present, Future Align With A Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all wonder about what lies ahead, what comes after death, this new image addresses that question.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artzone/@beginningtoend/past-present-future-align-with-a-star</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artzone/@beginningtoend/past-present-future-align-with-a-star</guid><category><![CDATA[artzone]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:54:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHghXuYMuU7WvX3RxzF6tqcgDyDnPKsH1QitgKnwfaPHxcigxHnWkLQWvpTbSp9ihm9T7BzgrXSNXCNNAN1nUhGZP9wHgiccFi1USYbZchfyoyhBt2QUGKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elvis Didn’t Play Woodstock]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my latest collage, it combines a photo of an Edsel I took last year, a mugshot I found online and multiple layers of digital drawing and painting.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artzone/@beginningtoend/elvis-didn-t-play-woodstock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artzone/@beginningtoend/elvis-didn-t-play-woodstock</guid><category><![CDATA[artzone]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beginningtoend]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHdjehpNCh57PnDukxTXijkkqMREgh5RLBwM3kef1ZDoNGBFAg2akckoLnKieGdfJBJFNRv29VzrTe8jfMPP3pouuY9Phd5aLL2wF5p5T7NPaot5gkjWgYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>