<?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[Bel Angeles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bel Angeles is an artist in Perth Ontario]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:46:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.belangeles.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Feeding Hope - Food Insecurity Amidst the Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March 2020, the National Capital Region of the Philippines entered a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, which had infected 52 people in the country. Initially, the government planned for a 30-day lockdown, but sadly, a year and a half later, most cities and provinces in the country are still under lockdown. In the Philippines, a lockdown means that all those classified as 'non-essential,' including daily wage workers, informal workers, and operators of single-unit public transport...]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/post/feeding-hope-food-insecurity-amidst-the-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25705878f146d603f9310</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/437d05_653cfc6c769c4f848f5d51d8773b5b37~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bel Angeles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Creative Journey Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me share with you the roots of this wild creative journey. It all started in Thailand in 2006, after Kevin and I had returned there from the Netherlands.  We had just finished our Masters in Development Studies and were continuing to work with internally displaced people and refugees. After we returned to Thailand, Kevin and I would often be apart for long periods of time because of work.  It was during this time that I met Saw Chu Cil. He had been living in exile in the Thai-Burma border...]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/post/my-creative-journey-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25beb43fd38a1bb6f92ff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 16:13:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/437d05_ac49fb99b4224b5fa428807a1a873832~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bel Angeles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth and Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s 42 minutes but I had it in the background while sorting out fragments of my paintings.  Long ago, I had cut up old paintings on paper and canvas into fragments.  Today I took them out, inspired by a new group I had just joined – the Global Art Project. (more about them later, but click the link if you are curious!)   The combination of the podcast and art, allowed me to engage my ‘radical self’ with doing art that led to a rare moment of integration of soul – art and social justice.  ...]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/post/wealth-and-power</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25c590c8d230c9e8d34d5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/437d05_5df36c8817534ff18049e6c1df8ec71a~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_957,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bel Angeles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[I completed this painting a few days ago. It’s part of the housing series I want to pursue, as moved by hearing stories of people in social housing and experiencing housing insecurity. I had been slowly learning about homelessness and housing insecurity in Lanark County in Ontario.   It’s a painting I ‘finished’ in 2018 but was not too happy with it anymore so started to paint over it, working through various stages of abstract work – layer, paint over, expose, compose, paint again, reveal,...]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/post/moving-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25cbb441ae2d5fdf4fbff</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/437d05_929b6d53a99849829795fd66a278fc4c~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_597,h_447,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bel Angeles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privilege in the layered times of pandemic, civil war and a civil rights movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a confession. I have depravities I am embarrassed to admit, activities so utterly selfish, self-absorbed and in today’s world, seemingly callous. I play early morning tennis four times a week. If the weather is tolerably hot, I will come home after two hours on the courts, sit in the hot tub to relax the muscles, have a cold shower then maybe have another coffee. Late in the afternoon, I may join my husband at the lake and jump in with a ‘noodle’ to float in the water for some glorious...]]></description><link>https://www.belangeles.com/post/privilege-in-the-layered-times-of-pandemic-civil-war-and-a-civil-rights-movement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25d0e43fd38a1bb6f956f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:17:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/437d05_91318c3e07384665bcefc2ccfcb97925~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bel Angeles</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>