Cutting to the Chase–Saying What You Mean!
I love finding examples of authentic communication. When people are clear, when people are real, when people say what they mean it doesn’t take much to get the point across. My brother recently forwarded me this photo. Religion. Property rights. Nature. Beauty.
Warning. Creative expression that leaves no doub as to its intent. But it also says a lot about the one who posted it.
Besides generating a good laugh, this pointed to an area rich with creative license to get a message across quickly: Trespassing signs. Talk about cutting to the chase.
They show in Malaysia that you don’t always need to know the language.
Seriously, just say what you mean: Go home!
Gun lovers likely prefer this option.
This one doesn’t necessarily win the clarity award, but it’s up there in my book for creativity and sparking thought in the reader.
At the end of the day, each of our individual centric views of the world would yield a different trespassing sign. Authenticity is different. Cutting to the chase is refreshing and, at times, entertaining.

Woody Guthrie lyric from “This Land is Your Land”
As I was walkin’ – I saw a sign there
And that sign said – no tress passin’
But on the other side …. it didn’t say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
I’ve always loved that.