Normative Signs: The Poetry of "Ought"

In which the author finds beauty in how people tell other people what to do.

Notice: Not an Exit

by Chris MacDonald

This one was sent to me by Wayne, who rightly wondered why this sign needed the word “NOTICE” at the top. I suppose that header might make sense in a context in which people are primed to expect notices to be labeled as such (perhaps to differentiate them from other kinds of signs, such as how-to signs or nameplates).