<?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>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:25:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/art-business/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday Time: A Fonder Look At The Past, and the Holidays ]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the holidays, I spend more time looking back at the years when we owned our brick and mortar galleries. I suppose this is because even though the holiday period generally meant working extremely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/holiday-time-a-fonder-look-at-the-past-and-the-holidays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/holiday-time-a-fonder-look-at-the-past-and-the-holidays</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 07:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJHzr2zRTVyMvVk3MxkXSSm6Zd8N18KRAUBZXxcUK7qDmnEfqoLSbpWcu5dzat38ZNSzTUxTjEzWKPRasvFskKvdsvzBdfEsCxSdFJVbTt3TPrEC295g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Creativity: Doing Commissions and "Custom" Work — Yes, or No?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I must confess that I have never liked doing "commissions" or "custom work" for clients. I think that what weighs me down and kills my creativity is that I am suddenly working to fulfill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-doing-commissions-and-custom-work-yes-or-no</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-doing-commissions-and-custom-work-yes-or-no</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLaxpLPbXbd4joHa3DhtMMHjVfDEGpdKS96wr2tjv8uiFjUoTtLpYiMk3JanoRjPtSA1ecqxcpPCCtJxPvJJaEyXS1uP329FPRbLqwPsw1V88S5A9b8tMU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Creativity: "In the Eye of the Beholder," Groupthink and Feeling Like an Outsider ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back when I had my first art gallery — mid-1980's — one of the first sayings I heard a lot was that "art — like beauty — is in the eye of the beholder." Whereas art can often be something that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-groupthink-and-feeling-like-an-outsider</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-groupthink-and-feeling-like-an-outsider</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 04:39:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLaxpLPbXbd4joHa3DhtMMsGDcwQZ2uh2MBN1uLjmVBGk9djvPSwdxpUQddRjFB7ScScw5E25XbSQMpFagb8qVSkY1YKv63x6rXjFLLfhjVAZeBNYKTmZg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Those "Smart" Art Critics... of Art, Critics and Being Weird]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I find myself wondering about art and art critics. It seems like most things of an artistic or creative nature don't get taken seriously unless they are also seriously weird or seriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/oh-those-smart-art-critics-of-art-critics-and-being-weird</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@reddragonfly/oh-those-smart-art-critics-of-art-critics-and-being-weird</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynwsjysm2XuNozdMysq1YNDRbt9X9VeerNm1981Q9QbBMH6jXnQXWiKSdEAZonaY91etBdPiD5tBjQ1yHxwRAhjkUdfMrgpHSN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Creativity: Really Gifted Artist... or Really Skilled Manager?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As someone who spent a good number of years working with the business end of art, I suppose it need to confess to a certain degree of cynicism. With that out of the way... ... the other day, I found myself]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-really-gifted-artist-or-really-skilled-manager</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@reddragonfly/art-and-creativity-really-gifted-artist-or-really-skilled-manager</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPD4Ewnt81FpyJK4VTFfLrE49bSu5TkQabrMWnhCxHuC1GHMFbDoWDqmwSy2zTWFtqYRFcCQfAj7qHgkT8P8LhU73dAGy8B673dDTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so, the End of an Era for the Red Dragonfly...]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Thursday afternoon — June 27th — I finished cleaning the space that once held the Red Dragonfly art gallery and gift shop. At a little before 3:00pm, Pacific time, I met with Ed the building manager,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@reddragonfly/and-so-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-red-dragonfly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@reddragonfly/and-so-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-red-dragonfly</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2019 22:40:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hmAEsU7cCWGHA7E66eCDGDwC5AFR75p7teAWKAaB5EFyuwE6CJLpHDCi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[21 Days and Counting — Reflections on the Last Underground Cupcake]]></title><description><![CDATA[(The ongoing chronicle of the gradual closing down of our brick-and-mortar art gallery and gift shop... recorded through the immutable thing that is the Steem blockchain) Last night, the Red Dragonfly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@reddragonfly/21-days-and-counting-reflections-on-the-last-underground-cupcake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@reddragonfly/21-days-and-counting-reflections-on-the-last-underground-cupcake</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddragonfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:26:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynwsjysm2YB2oNjzL4TbvpG3i8DLuL8V5gwmGGUj22PeHJC1WNUuW3f5mDKNReSkvbL2r7HMx8RwLNHV2SGT52KcibUSRd2Dt2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Business of Art: Difficult Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being in the art gallery business and knowing that you will soon be closing your doors on your physical location creates some interesting — and challenging — dynamics. 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