Kindness Rock Project

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The Kindness Rock Project is a viral internet phenomenon where people, usually children, paint stones and display them in public spaces. The finder is asked to pass them on and to display them again in another place. Photos of the painted stones and hints on where to find them are often posted on the Internet. The trend originated in the United States of America and has spread to the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

origin

Kindness-rock project was launched in 2015 by Megan Murphy, the "You've got this" ( "You've got it") on a stone and wrote it in a beach on Cape Cod leaving. After a friend found him, she left more stones with inspiring messages. Coincidentally, another Cape Cod-based artist, Alice Brock , had also painted stones that were found and relocated by other people.

variants

As the trend towards stone painting has spread, there are many variations. For example, stones are painted to support certain charities, events or movements. A hashtag or a Facebook group is often noted on the stone .

International Drop a Rock Day

The International drop a Rock Day is an unofficial holiday , which on July 3 is celebrated and where people are asked to leave a painted stone in public spaces.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Terri Peters: Why thousands of families are painting and hiding rocks ... for fun (en) . In: TODAY.com . Retrieved July 17, 2018. 
  2. ↑ a b Cristela Guerra: One rock, a few kind words, and a movement is born . In: The Boston Globe , August 10, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2018. 
  3. ↑ a b c Emma Featherstone: Rocking all over the world: the painted pebble trend crossing continents (en) . May 6, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018. 
  4. ↑ The Kindness Rocks Project ( en-US ). Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ Merrick, Viki (May 8, 2017). American icon Alice Brock might surprise you . WCAI . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ Kids Are Going to Love Doing This During the School Holidays (en) . Retrieved July 17, 2018. 
  7. ↑ This is why you're seeing pictures of really pretty rocks in your feeds (en-GB) . In: Belfast Telegraph , October 3, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2018. 
  8. ↑ It's International Drop a Rock Day! . In: Parents , July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2018.