<?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, 17 Apr 2026 18:15:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/writinggroup/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Poem - Argyle Literary Magazine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poem - Argyle Literary Magazine Strangulation As Part of The Performance We were on stage together. It was a climatic confrontation scene. In a play. In L.A. One of those little hole in the wall theaters.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/poem-argyle-literary-magazine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/poem-argyle-literary-magazine</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138326]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3vWRniX96MBKtD6uXUKebfHEKbknPdeyDae7kCZ3MLqRNntmtJCgybJHgpgcXZmy7vjKcj4bXWrto4GE5HENnTTxbmtFXCAQFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make Your Mark]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making Your Mark Do we all dream of it? Or is it just me? Something you are “known” for. Something fantastic you did or something terrible—famous or infamous. It's that something that makes the difference.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-113187/@artgrafiken/make-your-mark</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-113187/@artgrafiken/make-your-mark</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-113187]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:48:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3vAPd48z5nHzg6EUgcQ8KRASy3zd4YcaCk2G5BpUaTLTgjRHeQkcwEKHfrZkvSFZWfPWrWDykAqoqx9K411n8zw2eEd7cMvxWr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change in The Weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Change in The Weather Getting to a certain age. There's change in the weather. You don't feel the same way about things. Some things. The opposite sex for instance. I used to desire them so much of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-197467/@artgrafiken/change-in-the-weather</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-197467/@artgrafiken/change-in-the-weather</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-197467]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:11:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3vuu3mPaZPhJRqmW3otKUcrDNJsntRmi7BkynJLoLGReFykypc4roRogSyKcRUJFqn2pdQ4kXYwyC4urNax2TAsf4Qts7hbxr2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paranoia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paranoia I know they're against me. I can see it in their eyes. Hear it with the inflection of their voice. I'm not being paranoid. I'm not! You have to pay attention, even to the little things. They can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/paranoia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/paranoia</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL4YazLityy7Ru4f7xJx3rm56fxa26SeXJMQV34rwLXL2TsUcBQ9bK3twvSSAMhbruoD8CV5v5xbi4e39cj7D94v8atyvaT34Wjx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Born There, Grew Up There]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not Born there, Grew Up There Below the 49th parallel. Spanning sea to shining sea. I wasn't born there, but I grew up there. Some of my earliest memories. Looking out of the crib. My dad singing me to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173638/@artgrafiken/not-born-there-grew-up-there</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173638/@artgrafiken/not-born-there-grew-up-there</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173638]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uwc7A4iyvnsWCtzM1vydy3mByhiJH4LcCiQoqxBHasror8sBgDaQSiJwp4RXRUgRDT4SbAU6jJR57Hdb9j7NkyQkXgeJpoW94?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When The World Went Mad]]></title><description><![CDATA[When The World Went Mad I remember the first day. The lock down. Over at the shopping mall—no one there! All the f-king parking you could ever want. I was the only one standing in the damn lot. Tried returning]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/when-the-world-went-mad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/when-the-world-went-mad</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138326]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3unU79sfCy1JaQiVtt5uZAwuUPYTCr7Bg12UUtZWddSGzhQ9kXru1wdddBh7BiftLfbN9XbFc8mfyuUdJd6SAvJr3MSmbyL8hc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bystander]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bystander It's out of your hands. Nothing you can do. Just stand by and watch the ax fall, the injustice take place, the war begin. You're a bystander. Innocent? Perhaps or maybe it's indeterminate. An]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138388/@artgrafiken/bystander</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138388/@artgrafiken/bystander</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138388]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:41:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3vjvAV2M9qsxCXSwQwU5iH8mVTNPyUaGY8aEYd8frbuS2FgSC2ALQdEYzAbxAv1DYyM1NmjRA1szxf9i2meh3MKk8VYVMqCJrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In-Between On The Amateur Movie Set]]></title><description><![CDATA[In-Between On The Amateur Movie Set Well, I'm waiting and wondering. When will be begin? 3 hours lost. Why did they call me so early? I'm in-between again. From what I want to do and what I don't want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/in-between-on-the-amateur-movie-set</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/in-between-on-the-amateur-movie-set</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3umdF8y22befXEGwmEbxkcrrMBQhYHyxD2RwvYjfh76FMvt853ADDSsgG6c8vK5TCU1pXee5NSncPtAnDcq93oN4cEWE5rESxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 8 One night I was spotted in an outrageous satire show, “Hostages (a.k.a. The Terrorist Zone)”, in a small theater in Universal City by a personal manager, Denny Bond, who was president]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-8</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:29:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 7 One night visiting with some friends I'd known when living in West Hollywood I called Loanne my “9/30/55” scene partner and found out some actors were given contracts by Columbia]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-7</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:11:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 6 The Columbia Talent Program was coming to the end of its initial plan of 12 weeks. Frank Price, who'd become president of Columbia Pictures, taking over for Melnick, was not keen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-6</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:56:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 5 From time to time we had celebrity guests come speak to us at the theater as part of our education in acting: film directors Martin Ritt and Sydney Pollack, and famous character]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-5</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:09:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 4 Even though I was fast becoming the leper of the Program there were still several members who wanted to be friends with me. One was the guy who I'd been leery of—Drake Hogyston]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:41:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uwcEm7ZaBp2bmKPEgNiiZh4yu93trhRDrGzLYk32g3NqPj49bh1CU2Kn5ysAZu46aV17nhqWHBkrZ2VFbAKvvLXaTZr9jVZRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 3 I better fill you in on a few missing details about my relationship and history with Josie. She and I had gotten married a few months earlier. 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Lots of tasty food and smiles for the cameras while reporters interviewed the director,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Columbia 30 - Part 1 I am not sure how to tell this story. I really don't have a handle on it. In fact though it occurred so many years ago I've still never been able to explain what really happened.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@artgrafiken/the-columbia-30-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3uvuAi2eByM2AK2Bpg1B3wLnhiQa5qBnDByLt7CXzCvESQCJEPFEbwDF9eE9nsJpX4eEgCwVrdeM1pJWHSSeWiM2CeYYryb2og?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Opinion of Opinions]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Opinion of Opinions Everyone's got one. Just like a rectum. Some are more plausible than others. Some are far out on the limb. But what the hell, it's just an opinion. 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Sexual titillation is used to get the viewer to buy the product.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/of-no-literary-or-artistic-value</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-138326/@artgrafiken/of-no-literary-or-artistic-value</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-138326]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:30:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3vLR1BY66hpqwGCqYR1fg5iYuF5L87aB2rJk1FUQmfugV3SizpZsUPgaPruKa3kyrE5MLMmjeNTsmFAwG6vFvWw3DUNy25H4PY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Big Picture]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Big Picture I run into them on occasion. They seem so angry. I guess we all have a certain amount of anger in us. Sometimes it gets released. Other times it gets stored up and rots inside. 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They'd act like it's not business as usual.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/operating-principles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@artgrafiken/operating-principles</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artgrafiken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdaLzfw8TgkK3pDxL3un4q92MpeTWouSbce6ZFn2SsVEyPBJHfemWoZDf28sc4N4RTX9CErUW8bmSppq1Ph6MfLLfbxrsC1gwEXRGnD9xtCRPUxujaN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>