“Lost” is getting ready to air the 16th episode of season 6. It has millions of viewers worldwide that tune in every week to follow the lives of people whom we know very little about other than a 5-minute insight every few months. In fact as we watch on Sunday night, we still don’t really know where this show takes place, we don’t know the name of one of the main characters… nor do we even know the point of the show. We get a glimpse every few months into the past or side lives of different character, but we don’t really know all that much do we. Hugo is a cursed millionaire with Cheech Marin as a father. John is a crippled teacher, (or was it a box factory worker) who struggles with parental relationships - not to mention his relationship with Peg Bundy. Sayid is a lover, but also a killer. Same with Jin. (Is he really dead?) Who knows? But that’s the thing. That’s why we love it.
It speaks to our need for the unknown in our lives.
We’ve reached a point in history where too much of our world is concrete. We’ve discovered answers for more than we really want to know.
- We know why there is hunger in ¾’s of the world and still we haven’t shifted our practices to change it.
- Cancer scares the heck out of us because how can we ever stop cells from diving and replicating themselves.
- If we don’t stop using natural resources and treating the ozone the way we are, we are going to make our world implode on itself, yet does it really seem like the Western world is going to give up mass production?
We have all these answers, and we don’t like it.
It causes us to look for the unknown. A place where we can get lost, and still be surprised at a moment’s notice. TV shows and movies that we don’t understand win big at the box. It’s why we love relationships… because no man understands the female mind, and no woman can truly appreciate what makes men tick. We surprise each other with our faults, but also how we rise above them. It’s also a major part of what makes Christianity so cool. We follow a God who is constant and unchanging, but one whom we can never fully comprehend his eternal presence, his unlimited power or his perfect will. It means that life remains a journey with an unknown destination… and I kinda like it that way.
PS - I hope that “Lost” leaves a few things unknown as well. I don’t need to know if Sayid is dead, what happened to Jacob, or if there are anymore polar bears on this island.
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