Signs & Footprints

If I leave crumbs on the shore before I dive in. You cannot follow by reassembling them into a cake. You are still safe on the beach. Only by wading into the deep can you move forward.

A signpost is an intentional footprint. Here, we can see where someone stood. The inscription on this emblem an orientation of sorts a place to get our bearings.

But, we are not where they are. We are only where they were. At times it's important to have a point on the map to say we are here.