When a House is not a House

THE HOUSE
is not a house.
It is much more.
It is a metaphor.
FOR WHAT?
In three paragraphs, I want you to decide what the house could stand for. Think this through. Please post this response on your own blog.
[check out my comment to this post for possible ideas]

I read about the house & how it constantly changes & personally considered it to be a metaphor for oneself. We as a people start out as a foundation just like a house. We have the same blueprints as anyone else; XX[female] & XY[male]. This is similar to a house having the same base content; concrete, windows, etc. As time goes on, the basis behind each thing, whether it be human or house, changes.

We see how when a boy or girl grows up, they dont stay the same way they were as an infant. They mature, they develop, & get different interests than from when they were younger. A house, much like humans, are always changing. You can have construction done to the interier or the exterier. Maybe pull up the rugs & put in hardwood floor. Hell. You could even put tile. But it can & always change. Even if you keep it the same, the things get older & more brittle... Just like us.

This book reminds me of the quote from Heraclitus that you can never step into the same river twice. Not only does the river which is forever flowing changes since it's new water rushing past, but you as an individual are different as well. First you went in dry & now the second time you're a slight bit moister & maybe even colder. The same is said with this house & us. You get into it & think you know it. Then at the drop of a dime it changes & then that all too familiar thing is but a distant memory & stands before you a whole new creation.