Summary
The man found the lost thing on the beach in a summer and they begin to find the home of it. Later the man finds out that there are many lost things out there ins the world. In the end, they found a secret place where the lost thing goes into to stay forever.
What's the lost thing?
I think the lost thing is our childish vision or the ability to find fun in a seemingly plain world. One reason is that, because the colors of the lost things are very bright, a stark contrast to the other dim colors used in the animation. These beautiful colors are often used in child animation or books. Further more, a tiny detail, only the scene with the lost thing in it has ambient music playing. Another reason is that the lost things are essentially the objects we see everyday. As adults, we don't have the imagination of a child, everything is what it supposed to be. For a young child, the world is so joyful and colorful, anything can be a playmate.
What does it symbolize?
At the beginning of the video and through out the video, there is no child character exist. Every human character doesn't seem to actually care about the lost things, or anything at all, despite their abnormal looking and behavior. This detail symbolizes the boring vision adults have. Moreover, the scene which has the lost thing in it, there is music playing. This gives out a calming atmosphere making the dusty world looks somewhat better. Therefore, I think the lost things represents the happy little things in a busy adult life that we are not able to see.
In order to get rid of the lost thing, the man is asked to fill out tons of papers, these papers represent the burden from a job. The more works you do the less able you are to see the lost things (happiness).
I think the author wants to convey a message that if we slow down and look closely around us, we can find many lost things. Once we find it, the world could be brighter and more hopeful than it looks like.
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