The Manuland Sign on the Side of a Shed
“On the outskirts of Maing village, there it was, written on the side of a shed: Manuland. I drove right by it at first. Its significance to the quest I’d just casually embarked upon didn’t register. ‘Wow,’ I thought, when I realised Manuland’s import. ‘The Holy Grail!’ The potential meanings of that sign stirred something inside me. I reversed my car to take it in.”
Source: Journeying · Finding Manuland I
The founding moment of the entire Finding Manuland project. The detail of driving past and reversing is a perfect metaphor for the project itself — the significance of what is ubiquitous only registers on second look.