LOST is one of my favorite television shows.   One year ago I gave in to all the hub-bub and began watching the 1st season on DVD.   A subscription to Netflix ensued.  I was hooked.

LOST is a dynamic show in many ways.  It is set on a tropical island, so the scenery is stunning.  The acting is genuine and believable.  The story…well, I am really not sure where to begin on the story.  It is a multi-faceted labyrinth that never leads where you expect, yet it always gives you what you come to expect: more questions.

This all culminates in one of most intriguing shows I have ever watched.  It’s like a suspenseful movie that lasts for 6 television seasons.    As a viewer, I am on a journey with each character.   Each is on the same outward journey: to get off of the island.   But each inner journey is completely different.   Some seek companionship.  Some seek healing.  Some have found a home.  Some realized they never will.

Now, as the final season is underway, we see how each character has changed because of their journey on the island.  Which makes me want to ask:  are they better off now than they were before the plane crashed?   Do they live more full lives because they have encountered hardship, pain or companionship?  How has this shaped them into who they are now?  If they could choose to make it all go away like it never happened, would they?

The journey each of us takes is different.  Each has joy, pain, suffering, fullness, emptiness, etc.  These all happen in different ways and under different circumstances.  This is what makes us who we are.  They shape us, as if we are on a cosmic potters wheel.   I am finding in my life, that the end is not the point.  I may achieve some things in my life.  I may not.  But the process is what shapes me.  Not the achievement itself.   The implications on my artistic life are huge.  Rather than worrying about the finished product and whether not it will be “successful”, I can simply enjoy what the journey is teaching me about who I am and how that translates into my art.   This grants me freedom.  And freedom is wonderful soil for creativity.   So, let’s get LOST…because the end is not the point.

-lewis