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: 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…

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…