Time to go down the rabbit hole, into an odd Wonderland. But what kind of hole, what kind of Wonderland? The kind we’ve been set up for, in the pilot, with a tabula rasa, a walkabout. Jack goes out to…
Month: August 2008
Lost, Found: Walkabout
Walkabout — as Locke describes it, “a journey of spiritual renewal where one bcomes one with the Earth and derives strength from it.” As the survivors are all lost and trying to find themselves and the island represents in so…
Lost, Found: Tabula Rasa
Tabula rasa — the blank slate. The notion that people are born with nothing innate, “blank,” “clean,” and that everything we are comes from our experiences. Our modern conception of this comes mostly from 17th century philosopher John Locke, who…
Lost, Found: The MacGuffin Theory
The moment with Charlie at the end of the pilot episode — where he asks his fellow hikers, in response to the French distress signal, “Guys, where are we?” — seems to be the question that launched a thousand theories.…
Lost, Found: Pilot, Part 2
The proper critics will scoff — I remember my Environmental Sociology professor being horrified that I was going to go through Titanic in chronological order rather than thematically. After seeing the look on her face, I did a rewrite, and…
Potluck Now Using PrimePress Theme
Over time, somehow some things had been getting a little quirky and error-prone here, plus I’d been thinking that a cleaner theme might be nice for the site. Today, I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1 and switched to the PrimePress theme…
Lost, Found: Pilot, Part 1
(If you haven’t read the introductory Lost, Found post, you might get some value from doing so, but maybe not, it’s up to you!) Right out of the gate, in only the first half of the pilot episode, we are…
Lost, Found: An Ongoing Look at the Meaning of a Landmark Television Series
I’d resisted watching Lost for a very long time. Television had become less important in my life, and other things demanded my time. Taking on another hour-long series just didn’t seem wise. I’d hear about it. And what I’d hear…
Abundance
I think I’ve been too precious about this site. Actually, I know I have. It’s time for a change. Instead of being oh so careful about what I post and how I post it, I’m going to start taking advantage…