Progress

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

Mike in Boston is the artist behind this painting called Progress. And for him, Lost is all about the journey. “We’ve had a vague idea where we’re going from the beginning but the fun has been in finding out how we get there,” he says. “Two players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark. It’s the oldest game in the world.”

Mike admits he’s a sucker for Desmond and Penny. See more of his work at his shop Dr. Mikey.

Locke in Black

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

What is his name exactly? Man in Black? Un-locke? Flocke? Esau? Hopefully we’ll find out soon, but until then, Mike in Boston has captured Jacob’s nemesis beautifully in his painting Locke in Black.

You can find more prints of Mike’s Lost-inspired artwork available for purchase at his store Dr. Mikey.

4 forms The Man in Black has taken:

1. Alex Rosseau when talking to Ben in the Temple.
2. Yemi when appearing to Eko in the jungle.
3. The Medusa Spider which paralyzes Nikki Fernandez.
4. The Smoke Monster (that apparently only yields to white ash).

The Many Looks of Ben Linus

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Susie from Virginia created this hilarious compilation of the “magical time-traveling wardrobe of Ben Linus.” It’s definitely a print worth ordering.

Also celebrating the many looks of Ben Linus, is a rather unique site called Ben Linus in Hats which is sure to bring a smile to your face, or at the very least make you shake your head and roll your eyes (scroll down to “John and Ben+10″).

The Other Woman

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

Thomas from Germany crafted this rendering of Juliet. Unfortunately, the original isn’t for sale, but you can still buy a print. It’d make the perfect gift for a Lost fan who also loves V.

4 facts about Juliet

1. She’s the only Other to actually refer to herself as an Other.
2. She’s fluent in Latin.
3. Flight 815 crashed on the third anniversary of her arrival on the island.
4. She was recruited to come to the island by Richard Alpert and Ethan Rom (working for the company Mittelos Bioscience).

A Cool Dude

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This drawing of Hurley was done by 19-year-old Cheryl from the UK. Like Hurley, numbers are a big part of Cheryl’s life. She is currently studying Math at Durham University in England.

During Lost seasons 1-5, Hurley has said the word “dude” 268 times. His D.P.E. (Dudes Per Episode) count peaked in episode 10 of season 3 when he said it 17 times. Test your Hurley knowledge further by taking this quiz.

The word “dude” was first seen in print in The Home and Farm Manual by Jonathan Periam in 1883. Periam used the word several times to denote a well-dressed male who’s unfamiliar with life outside the city. Twentieth century Dude ranches, therefore, were places where wealthy Easterners came to experience cowboy life in the West.

The Man, The Myth, The Legend

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This portrait was created by Lino Azevedo, the artist behind Azevedo Art. The 8×10 original of what Lino calls, “everyone’s favorite Lost character” was made using acrylic paint and ink markers.

4 facts about the philosopher John Locke:

1. His “theory of the mind” is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and self.
2. He believed one being could serve as a host for two separate consciousnesses as long as past experiences and memories existed for each. This philosophy was related to the Christian idea of resurrection and the question of a person’s identity remaining the same after resurrection.
3. He believed that no one is destined to be a slave or a leader but anyone can gain the skills necessary for leadership. He said that in order for someone to overthrow the current leader and become the new leader, the current leader would first have to be exterminated.
4. His work greatly influenced later philosophers such as Hume and Rousseau.

Quite the Characters

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Lost fan Ellen Lohse graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her original paintings of the Lost characters are unlike any other.

8 character crossovers you may have forgotten:

1. John Locke’s mother was committed to Santa Rosa Health Institute where Hurley ended up.
2. Sawyer slept with Mary Jo, the woman who announces Hurley’s winning Lotto numbers.
3. Jack’s ex-wife Sarah is driving the car that hit Adam Rutherford, Shannon’s father. In the ER Jack could only save one patient and chose Sarah.
4. Kate’s step-father Sam Austen met Sayid briefly during the Gulf War.
5. When Locke worked as a home inspector, he inspected a house being bought by Nadia, Sayid’s love.
6. Eko investigated the “resurrection” of the daughter of the psychic who put Claire on the plane.
7. Desmond was taken inside the Swan by Kelvin Inman. Kelvin met Sayid during the Gult War.
8. Charlie saves Nadia, Sayid’s love, from a man attacking her in an alley.

No. 2′s Take On 815

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Lost fan Nathan Ellis from Kansas City, Missouri created this one-of-a-kind 12″x 12″ art piece made from pencils. You can find this and other unique pieces made with pencils at his shop Ellistrations.

8 facts about Oceanic Flight 815:

1. It was a Boeing 777. There’s only been one crash-landing of a Boeing 777 since its debut and no deaths resulted.
2. Frank Lapidus was supposed to be the pilot on Flight 815 but was replaced that day by Seth Norris.
3. There were 324 passengers on board and 71 survived.
4. The flight took off from Gate 23 in Sydney, Australia and was set to land at Gate 15 in LAX. Neither of the gates actually exist.
5. When users create a profile for their GMail account, they’ll notice one example of “Something I Can’t Find Using Google” is “Oceanic Flight 815.”
6. In the second episode of the spy-comedy Chuck on NBC, Chuck is being tested about which government secrets he knows. He’s supposed to say whatever comes to his mind when he’s shown different pictures, and upon seeing one picture he blurts out, “Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile…”
7. In Sigmund Freud’s book Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud talks about a letter he received from a friend describing an “Oceanic” feeling—or a feeling of a deep and innate connection with all things. Freud’s friend said this Oceanic feeling was the source of all religion, but Freud, an atheist and man of science, believed the feeling came from a fear of the superior power of fate.
8. Henry Gale’s address on his driver’s license was 815 Walnut Ridge Road in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Lost in the People’s Republic

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

A 22-year-old fan in Shanghai, China sketched this ode to Lost season 1.

According to Aw Guo, another Lost fan from China (Beijing this time), 95.59% of China’s Lost fans think Ben Linus is more clever than Charles Widmore. Read the rest of Aw Guo’s interesting poll here.

Freckles

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

Though complaining about Kate has become a favorite pastime on many Lost podcasts, it’s hard not to love her when you see this pastel portrait by fan Kelly Campbell from Of Nature Designs.

4 facts about Kate:

1. She’s from Sioux City, Iowa.
2. Her name is Greek and means “pure.”
3. The safety deposit box that contained her toy plane was box #815.
4. She’s apparently a fan of Patsy Cline. She plays her songs twice on the island and hears them in four separate flashbacks. Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash.