The Sea in my Brain

Have you ever had a bad case of swimmer's ear? I got water in my ear a few days ago during a shower and spent the next day not being able to hear. The water finally decided to dribble out of my ear after over a day of doing whatever it was doing to block my inner ear. I think I would go insane if that feeling of deafness were permanent.
I've been reading a book that my teacher told me to for studio. It's called "The Control of Nature," by John McPhee. I was a bit confused by it at first, even though it was a good read. Now I think I figured out why my teacher wants me to read it. The basic ideas that I got from it are, "all of nature is interconnected - you change one thing and everything is thrown off balance," and that nature is a relentless, inexorable force that will continue to bear down on whatever is thrown into its path. The former idea calls to mind a phrase from Dinotopia, "One drop raises the sea," and it does, it really does. I wish I could apply that to my project somehow - I'll have to figure out the parti model by tonight. All I know is that Nature shall affect the structure of the house, and the structure will in turn submit to nature. However, the structure will still serve its purpose in protecting its inhabitants. I am also considering making the house small, a spire in the air. It can't be big, not just because of our project parameters, but also because man is miniscule in the eye of nature. Keeping in the thought of "eyes," I'd also like to base my house aesthetically on the concept of being in the eye of the storm. Yes, this is the sort of thing that I spend a lot of my thoughts on. Crazy, no?