Clarksville's Mayor Declares a Rock Painting Theme Day in October
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It happened by chance, but Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan is now a fan of painted rocks. "I wasn't expecting to see it," she said of the brightly colored prize she held up. "But there it was, so I picked it up out of curiosity. And I was amazed at the detail of the painting, and of the message itself."
McMillan showed off her prize find, "a beautiful orange Jack O' Lantern, with a warm smile and white wobbly teeth.
"It warmed my heart and made me forget the challenges that I had faced that morning," she continued.
McMillan stated that there are now a large number of Clarksville residents who participate in the growing trend, of painting rocks. The artists paint rocks of all shapes and sizes, then hide the rocks in various places in the community. Once placed, the rocks sit and wait for an unsuspecting person to find. The finder of the rock, then chooses to keep it, or hide the rock for another person to find.
Some finders will post pictures of their found rocks on Facebook pages like "Kindness Rocks," "Clarksville Rocks," or "931 Rocks," which are sites on Facebook managed by local area residents. Finders are not required to post a photograph of their find, but there are quite a few that do. Rock artists leave the rocks out for others to find, with no expectations.
One local rock painter, Shannon Kinkle, a Clarksville resident, says that she enjoys painting the rocks and leaving them to brighten someone's day. "It's a simple way to provide someone with a little smile, a laugh or good feeling. It may even make their whole day!" Kinkle says her favorite places to leave the rocks are outside of local businesses, where busy people may need a "pick-me-up." When asked about the number of people who had responded with her painted rocks, she said, "there have been three or four of mine posted as found. But when I leave a rock, my job is done. It's nice if they post it, but it's not necessary. If they do, that's my surprise!"
And finding a surprise, is exactly what led Clarksville's Mayor to declare, Friday, October 20th, 2017, as "Rock a Jack O' Lantern Day," in the City of Clarksville, TN. "We all need a little more fun and surprise in our lives. And what better way, than by sharing a little orange fall face!" McMillan said that on that day, artists from all over the Clarksville Montgomery County area will hide their orange treasures in the community. "You can expect to see a lot of smiles that day," she stated.
Clarksville area rock artists will now have an opportunity to make and share a little autumn fun on that very special day. And if you are looking around as you go about your day, you too, may find a Jack 'O Lantern, and an extra smile or two.
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