The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

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.

The Hatch

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Yvonne from Wooden Nickels Jewelry made this unique necklace using an empty spool of thread and vintage dictionary text. Yvonne said she liked when the first hatch was introduced on Lost because of all the throwback vintage items it contained.

8 DHARMA stations:

1. The Swan – an electromagnetic research station
2. The Pearl – a remote viewing station
3. The Arrow – a bunker for developing defensive strategies
4. The Hydra – a zoological research station
5. The Flame – a communications station
6. The Looking Glass – an underwater station
7. The Tempest – a toxic gas station
8. The Orchid – a botanical station build over a time-travel mechanism

I Heart Shih Tzus

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Abby Lindsey, a Lost fan from northern Nevada, created these “Looks Like You Heart Them” earrings in honor of Hurley’s famous line. Abby is a doula who admits she’s been concerned in the past that one of her clients might go into labor during a new episode of Lost. Her two favorite characters are Ben and Locke.

STORE EMPLOYEE: Shih-Tzus?

HURLEY: I like Shih-Tzus.

STORE EMPLOYEE: It looks like you heart them.

4 facts about Hurley:

1. He’s worth $156 million.
2. As of “The Incident Parts 1 & 2″ he’s used the word “dude” 256 times.
3. He described Libby as being cute in an “I’ve-been-terrorized-by-the-Others-for-40-days” kind of way.
4. He’s played Risk with Sawyer and Locke, backgammon with Walt, Connect Four with Leonard and Chess with an invisible Mr. Eko.

Quite the Characters

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

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

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

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.

You All Everybody

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Canadian Lost fan Cassandra Wilson designed this tribute to Charlie Pace using a Peavey guitar pick, a real airplane screw and a tiny piece of ripped sheet music, among other items.

As most fans know, the Driveshaft one hit wonder “You All Everybody” comes from a woman shouting at the audience on a a Jerry Springer show.

The song can be heard in an episode of Alias entitled “The Awful Truth” (aired January 12, 2005). The song was playing at a party attended by lead character Sydney Bristow.

8 facts about Charlie:

1. His middle name is Hieronymus which is the Latin version of Jerome meaning “sacred name.”
2. Prior to kicking his addiction to heroin he was wearing a striped shirt reminiscent of prison garb.
3. According to Damon Lindelof, the character Charlie pays homage to Larry Underwood, a character in Stephen King’s The Stand. Larry risks his life to save the world after kicking a drug habit.
4. Charlie is a fan of the band The Kinks. The Kinks have recorded a song called “The Big Black Smoke.”
5. When Desmond sees Charlie playing on a street corner in England, he’s singing the Oasis song “Wonderwall.” The chorus to the song starts, “Maybe … you’re gonna be the one that saves me.”
6. The first thing Charlie does when he gets to the island is write FATE on strips of tape around his fingers. The last thing he does before he drowns is make the sign of the cross.
7. Charlie was an altar boy as a child.
8. When he recounts his top five best things in life, number one is the night he met Claire.