Charlie Kaufman (no relation) says people keep asking him what the Burning House means.  It seems obvious to me:  It's our mortal body.  We, all of us, move into a burning house from the moment of conception.  We wrangle over viability of the fetus, forgetting that viability is a short-term concept.  As one of the characters (The same one who moves into the house?) says, "The end is built into the beginning."

It's comical to see Hazel walk around the burning house with her realtor, and buy it and move in.  Why would someone do that?  It seems crazy.  Charlie is reminding us we all do that, and asking how do we forget that?  How do we carry on with our lives when we're standing in a burning building? 

I think this is the big challenge of our age.  As we evolve to the point that religious faith becomes untenable, what do we replace it with?  How do we now comfort ourselves against mortality?  So far w'eve mostly relied on hedonism, but I hope we can do better.

Now can someone tell me what the Zeppelin meant??