Collected Item: “Painted rocks on Iron Horse Regional Trail”
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Painted rocks on Iron Horse Regional Trail
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photograph
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These are a series of photos I took on July 5, 2020, of a set of painted rocks I found on the Iron Horse Trail in Danville. The rocks say:
"BE KIND"
"STRONGER TOGETHER"
"DANVILLE GOT HEART"
"WHEN THERE'S NO PEACE ON EARTH THERE IS PEACE IN CHRIST"
"SRV '20" (in reference to nearby San Ramon Valley High School)
"SMILE! 🙂"
"EMBRACE THE PAUSE!"
"count your BLESSINGS"
"Learn from Yesterday"
"LOVE has many COLORS" (with a painted Pride flag in the background)
"TOGETHER we will PERSEVERE"
The rocks are all positive in tone, with a rock celebrating the recently-graduated seniors at the local high school, a rock advocating for queer people, a variety of rocks with generic inspirational messages, and a message urging others to find solace in religion. There is also one rock that references Danville's community explicitly.
"BE KIND"
"STRONGER TOGETHER"
"DANVILLE GOT HEART"
"WHEN THERE'S NO PEACE ON EARTH THERE IS PEACE IN CHRIST"
"SRV '20" (in reference to nearby San Ramon Valley High School)
"SMILE! 🙂"
"EMBRACE THE PAUSE!"
"count your BLESSINGS"
"Learn from Yesterday"
"LOVE has many COLORS" (with a painted Pride flag in the background)
"TOGETHER we will PERSEVERE"
The rocks are all positive in tone, with a rock celebrating the recently-graduated seniors at the local high school, a rock advocating for queer people, a variety of rocks with generic inspirational messages, and a message urging others to find solace in religion. There is also one rock that references Danville's community explicitly.
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rock, paint, painted rock, inspirational, Iron Horse Regional Trail, Danville, Contra Costa County, San Francisco Bay Area, California, Pride, San Ramon Valley High School, Christ, peace, kindness, smile, embrace, heart, blessing, persevere, together
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Nicholas Harvey
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2020-07-05