"My house is me and I am it."

My favorite book growing up was a little gem called The Big Orange Splot. Mr. Plumbean lives on a "neat street", where all the houses are the same, until one day a mysterious bird drops a can of orange paint, A BIG ORANGE SPLOT, on his house. From that moment on Plumbean is inspired to defy conventional thought, embracing and welcoming this opportunity for change and the discovery to be, well, just himself. He paints his house every color you can imagine, sets up a hammock in his front lawn and adopts an alligator. His neighbors soon find themselves exploring and implementing their own expressions of who they are. It's a children's book, but as often as they are, it is about so much more: individuality, creativity, acceptance, exploration, sharing, listening, enjoying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPfjzYJcok