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OTHER A & E STORIES - Bob thinks you should... - The Ring will be the last movie you see before you DIE - El modmismo Mexicano demostrio orgullosamente en el SAM - Smooth poetic style of Dashboard Confessional wins over many fans - Wasabi Bistro: Belltown's trendiest Sushi restaurant Pretentions Brian Strobel, Daytona Danielsen SCC Students Brian Strobel For half my life I was raised in a strict religious commune. The days were regimented; there wasn't one minute of unmonitored "recreation," on a good day it was ceremonial. Days were filled with Gregorian chanting services. The only thing I owned was my memories and thoughts, which ran rampant when no one was "looking." Much of my life was spent in my head - I didn't have many possibilities in the "action" sense. Right out of high school I joined the Navy where there was order and ritual just in a different format. That's the only action I could take. Looking back I think I was drawn to the military for not so obvious reasons - I wanted freedom in the form of a straight jacket. Now an agnostic, my past still has an impact on my work - how could it not? Daily ritual I find "religious" because it reflects who we are. It's one of the few ways for humans, in this modern world, to practice philosophy in action. It gives our lives form and meaning, but many of us do not see it as a priority or having any bearing on who we are. I'm left with this existential anxiety. I'm grasping for meaning in the quotidian day, trying to find serenity. Losing one's religion is a two-edged sword. On the one hand there is this great freedom from guilt but with that freedom you are left with something missing. So a feeling of loneliness and longing inevitably shows through my work. There is an anxiety that comes with reflecting on a past that confronts your present. My art reflects a philosophy no longer proscribed. Daytona Danielsen Teresa Fogard will wrap up her last quarter at SCC with an art show at Perkengruven in Seattle. The coffee shop has orange walls, which will set off her series of black and white paintings. These paintings are inspired by the James Bond movies. "It's fun; it's not too deep either," she said. With titles such as "Miss Moneypenny," "Oh James," and "Nobody likes the general," these paintings usually spotlight an individual, be it Bond himself or general or jewelry appraiser. Fogard showed some of these paintings at her birthday party and received good feedback, she said. She decided to find a place to display them. When walking along University Avenue in SeattleÕs University District she found Perkengruven. "I said I see you have some bare walls in her. Can I do anything about that?" she asked. This is not Fogard's first show. She was one of two students to participate in Bellevue's Chalk Walk last summer. Sponsored by Red Robin, she had a section of sidewalk on which to create a chalk image. She also has displayed her work on campus. Her work will be displayed from Dec. 1 to 26 at 4736 University Way NE in Seattle. The opening is on Dec. 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Fogard hopes to get feedback on her work and plans on signing prints. Some of the paintings have already been sold but the owners are loaning them back to her for the show. The remaining originals are on sale for $45-65. © 2002 Shoreline Community College™