The process of creating a home starts with a ceiling, expands to form walls, and concludes with a floor that anchors us in place. It is an endeavor to seek shelter from an unpredictable world, constructing havens using materials such as concrete, wood, or stone. Our vision is of a nurturing home that fulfills our desires for safety, serenity, and comfort. However, inadvertently, its walls can become barriers, isolating us from the outside world and deepening our sense of separation. When safety is achieved it soon turns into comfort, and comfort, in turn, thickens the walls into barriers that deepen the fears of a world that now seems even more intimidating.

Social ties form the bedrock of our psychological needs, fostering a sense of belonging and confidence. Communities, groups, and families shape our worldviews, empowering and supporting us to live up to our full potential. The fear of unfamiliarity can also sometimes restrict our true, authentic nature, narrow our perception of reality, and disconnect us from diverse perspectives, connections, and cultures.

Home is "where the heart is". When the fire of passion subsides, romantic relationships mature and often transform into strings of security and stability. Home becomes a place for two, where emotions, expectations, and promises weave a haven that is between a nurturing nest and a web of shadows.

The lines and angles of a building are in contrast to the curves and flow of nature. Our body, the only home we ever had and the one we cannot change, is somewhere caught in between the two. It carries the scars of misfits and the desires to belong. We can try to stretch our skin to fit into different structures designed by society, yet underneath it, we remain the same.

A true nomad will say that our real home is always with us in our minds. It is a collection of smells, colors, dreams, and memories that compose a narrative of familiarity within us. Nostalgia, cultural ideals, or social constructs shape the image of home in our heads but can also anchor or chain us to an idea of a home that may no longer exist—a place frozen in time and memory that does not serve us as ever-growing beings.