Marks of the Maker

  [397 words] As I was laying on the floor of the parking garage at the Fort Bend County Justice Center (for those of you concerned—it was for exercise), I noticed that on the huge slab of concrete above me, it had arrows and notes drawn in chalk on it. Being that it was too high for the average individual to reach, and too odd for anyone to spend anytime drawing on the ceiling of a parking garage, I concluded that the marks were specifically made to show the makers of the garage where to fit this slab of concrete. I would have never seen them, had I not been in a position to look for them and as I continued to exercise, I wondered how many others over time had ever noticed them. It occurs to me that many people today are not in a position to look for…