<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:35:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@soraya/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[TRAVEL - Korea or Bust. Snake oil merchants not allowed.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reserved a room for myself at the Hotel Foreheal in Gangnam Seoul. Vanity. Self Expression. Self Realisation. Calamity. Requisite revision. In that order. Those are the reasons I am travelling to Seoul.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/face-travel-korea-or-bust-snake-oil-merchants-not-allowed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/face-travel-korea-or-bust-snake-oil-merchants-not-allowed</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:28:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqE7kqfpdfvt7jTp8k3Hi8nug5QUS2893Z7AC7EKuwi85rp3rudHd8WwawLRjtrZamkWHk5KcZZqGFpWtpGpY4qPtsoP9M253HzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THOUGHTS: "The Year I Broke My Face." & "The way we dream & desire."]]></title><description><![CDATA[2017, was indeed, "The Year I broke My Face." Granted, I had help. Bad planning, bacteria and questionable decisions by the attending doctor. I would like to point my bony finger at one specific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@soraya/2017-the-year-i-broke-my-face-and-the-ways-and-ways-we-dream-and-desire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@soraya/2017-the-year-i-broke-my-face-and-the-ways-and-ways-we-dream-and-desire</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZk8aYQxy9ggvw2viPMZm4nFhN36rMcUkBgZDfMsmoJDxD4HSVeKMSYcQzxxRhKnwYKp52SrQHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Figure 8 expressed as a person. #steemitphotochallenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[;-) Yes, that is me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@soraya/my-back-is-shaped-like-a-a-very-red-photo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@soraya/my-back-is-shaped-like-a-a-very-red-photo</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 17:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeomDvSAymvgBVbSQaLCsijFhgxx1ukCAYgPwA1BWhFTPGeZnQdoATVyyaqFB69LjgLLNsSuZnbaaFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This TV War (Original Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This TV War. Flicks on over dinner. It's a terrible thing to happen Terrible. So many dead. In that dusty beige diorama Drama is unfolding. We watch Without holding A single Man Woman Or child Accountable,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@soraya/this-tv-war-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@soraya/this-tv-war-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truffles are green not purple.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There comes a time in the life of every aspiring food aficionado that the word Truffle ceases to be a term reserved for pyramid shaped piles of chocolate balls, filled with ganache and dusted in cocoa.My]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@soraya/truffles-are-green-not-purple</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@soraya/truffles-are-green-not-purple</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:49:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzFhces6qp5s5HcFDXczVeVZs6qk8PJufWXguTEFqYdBVKXbTMse6UPMuTtuxNvGUrKfqnrWYz8auvAa8D2DCttaQthQoc6MNt81RxVngv1zrKFhg14anWVvRKNHWeuzqcsU3HXm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Original Poems .... Pianos, October, & The Spineless Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[PIANOS A litany of violence and vendetta Erupts from fingers. Each a Felt covered hammer knuckled In leather, striking strings. Skin springing back. Strangely rewarding, The expression of sound. Anguished]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@soraya/three-short-original-poems-pianos-october-and-the-spineless-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@soraya/three-short-original-poems-pianos-october-and-the-spineless-book</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1Udt74mSeP4rC4SKn7QN2twhsAeMXcMA6QjoGijUGiLGJyRoJTB9JUJDvLNrqwkNUCbuvNKdNto8hqfjFDvcJJ7rpSRoskA9yUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is that a "thermoscope" in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?....  (for travel, science, history and physics geeks)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here I am exploring the Museums of Florence from behind the lens. I like details. I like glass. I like candy. I guess that's why I was drawn to a cabinet filled with tiny glass tubes containing colorful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/is-that-a-thermoscope-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me-for-science-history-and-physics-geeks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/is-that-a-thermoscope-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me-for-science-history-and-physics-geeks</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:38:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83ixEegWv156CPPLCFbFwN2GVP7qr9qWoWxQbyDmWFPFyALta6RrEDhcWH8bnV8tbRyDinvstcSD4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Indepth Interview with Visionary Psychedelic Artist, Hakan Hisim.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every month I create a newsletter for a psychedelic trance label known as BMSS Records. This month I was lucky enough to interview an artist who is something of a visionary in the psychedelic arts scene.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@soraya/my-indepth-interview-with-visionary-psychedelic-artist-hakan-hishim</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@soraya/my-indepth-interview-with-visionary-psychedelic-artist-hakan-hishim</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:21:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLftyMsstQ4UELRGSPzJG2dqhGP3p39XgoYoZ2z8j52PTGjhhwki5pBwQ5U8QFXhmL5EubD8ZseUbXb51g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man Who Measures The Sky… A surreal moment in Italy.]]></title><description><![CDATA[No one needs a “Lonely Planet” travel guide unless they are using it as a directory of places to avoid. Guides books are only as interesting as the demographic they cater to, and from the sorts of people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-man-who-measures-the-sky-a-surreal-moment-in-italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-man-who-measures-the-sky-a-surreal-moment-in-italy</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:52:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaT1z7cJrKuSnsygwZpqQFB1hEtY5t6pVgKA11gVnPxykAE3bkDUWKU3a63BjA9JPf1Lgt5ehMLxBRKL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The German Railway Card,  Electricity & Occam's Razor...... (A mildly humorous Read)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since April of 2015 I have been living half the year in Germany. They do things differently here. Things can be logical to the point of confusion but over all life is very well organised, things generally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humour/@soraya/how-germans-need-a-railway-card-to-get-their-electricity-and-occam-s-razor-a-mildly-humorous-5-minute-read</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humour/@soraya/how-germans-need-a-railway-card-to-get-their-electricity-and-occam-s-razor-a-mildly-humorous-5-minute-read</guid><category><![CDATA[humour]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:48:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjYmvgnX9pwZuREhwD2dQChg7sAbMoK2J8SwzsQVm1M2nPgtRwyJQiwLVYbP9ygZaviygQkqC2HmePrN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not supposed to post this here.... BUT... He won't mind...]]></title><description><![CDATA[No I am not supposed to post this particular picture here..... BUT....Since my dear boyfriend doesn't trawl steemit much ( or at all ) I don't think he will mind. It's not that the picture is in anyway]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@soraya/i-m-not-supposed-to-post-this-here-but-he-won-t-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@soraya/i-m-not-supposed-to-post-this-here-but-he-won-t-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:55:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds Cutest Puppies. I met them in person.]]></title><description><![CDATA["I am puppy! I must chomp you!" I was in Lebanon last week, at a festival called Hexaplex (more on that later).... I'm not really into psytrance. It's okay at times but I don't have any psytrance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/puppies/@soraya/worlds-cutest-puppies-no-really-and-i-m-a-cat-person</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/puppies/@soraya/worlds-cutest-puppies-no-really-and-i-m-a-cat-person</guid><category><![CDATA[puppies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 18:23:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics. (An original poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A syllabus of us. A subject for you. One and one Is two. Geometry. Plotted here, angled there, Clearly defined lines, Distinct shapes divide over time Over an indistinct infinite plane. Our paths cross]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/maths/@soraya/mathematics-an-original-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/maths/@soraya/mathematics-an-original-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[maths]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2016 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing my Memory. Slowly.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t really know when my thought process turned into a jumbled procession of ideas, sentences, images, emotions and whatever else… I suspect it was a gradual process that occurred over the years. I’m]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memory/@soraya/losing-my-memory-slowly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memory/@soraya/losing-my-memory-slowly</guid><category><![CDATA[memory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:44:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Water Earth - Cambodia Day 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moving through the city on a large bike is daunting. Five lanes of seething disorganised traffic all heading in various directions is no place for a fledgling driver. I am glad I am on the back of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-3</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfokhP4ra9VuKC1yZWiLxkq9miNg9HN9Yk1FNc5tGdzY1VyDacaYaiWNRqoWddfCkANaSHxGAaQN1jnedwyFXTn9cergg4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Water Earth - Cambodia day 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Burnt to the ground in 1772 by the invading armies of the Thai, resurrected by the French and once again abandoned in the 1970s by the Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh is transformed by the light. Daytime reveals]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:26:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6CKZBh2KpfQvGbrj2ZKEvL2YFf5MjhNfmwKi68QDkkFV9DHug9eaQPrKQn44Uj3TMQXNXn21N49Pw2MiSosoXoURYEk6W3AyXbG4zPPtEYsGMsF8rctFyCA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Water Earth - Cambodia, Day 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listening to my partner prattle on about the history of Cambodia, I realise how little I know of the country. Beyond my flimsy recollections of The Killing Fields and Apocalypse Now, I’m only familiar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@soraya/the-water-earth-cambodia-day-1</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:07:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Things Better Than GUNS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just about anything is better.... here's my little list of things that are better than guns.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/guns/@soraya/12-things-better-than-guns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/guns/@soraya/12-things-better-than-guns</guid><category><![CDATA[guns]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:29:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voiceless Wild Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[They crawled in with the dreams, and desires. Impetuous extravagances, escaping the cold wordless silence of unspoken wishes. Voiceless wild things with no word for love. No word for fear. They shook the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@soraya/voiceless-wild-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@soraya/voiceless-wild-things</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silverweed & Spring (The legend of someday)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through the door of our home, sunlight and embers. This first shelter of memories, collections, arrivals and departures, kept in note books, photos, pages already turned towards the sky. The legend of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spring/@soraya/silverweed-and-spring-the-legend-of-someday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spring/@soraya/silverweed-and-spring-the-legend-of-someday</guid><category><![CDATA[spring]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:17:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>