Rock art project bringing unexpected smiles

Inspiration and positivity can sometimes come sometimes be delivered in the most unexpected and unlikely means.
Residents in and around the Canton, Edgewood, Quinlan, Terrell, West Tawakoni and Wills Point areas have been reminded of that lesson first hand in recent months, with a local rock art movement geared toward generating joy and an increased sense of community beginning to take root.
Rocks painted in a variety of ways, including some with smiley faces to uplifting messages about being a good friend, having school pride, spending time with the elderly, and remembering others, have been distributed since early September. 
Marjory Bramhall, the driving force behind the local rock art movement, explained that she was first exposed to the idea after speaking with her sister Mary Lou Holland, a resident of California, Missouri.
“My sister sent me a link on Facebook because she wanted to show me something she had been doing. She told me that I might think that it’s silly, but she was enjoying doing it. When I opened the link, it was to a public page called COMO Rocks. It was a rock art page, and my sister was participating in painting and putting out rocks. I let her know I didn’t think it was silly at all. The whole thing is really cool,” said Bramhall. “My sister sent me links to other rock art pages and let me know that towns across the whole state of Missouri were playing the rock art game, and that towns across the state of Washington were doing the same. I checked out the other pages and then told my sister that I knew it would be hard, but I wanted to try and get the same thing started in Texas.”

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