Comments on: Salvation Mountain

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:18:27 +0000

A friend and I recently visited Salvation Mountain and we had the opportunity to meet and visit with Leonard. He is truly an amazing and inspiring human being. Thank you, Leonard, for your dedication and your life’s work. As you requested, I am “spreading the Word.”

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:08:22 +0000

San Diego Comic-Con was sold out, but we went to Salvation Mountain anyway. Spent some time with Leonard. Climbed up and down and inside and out of the mountain. We gave him some paint and he gave us a DVD. We took a bunch of photos. I’ll probably put them up on flickr, and add to the many photos of Leonard and his work that already exist on the internet.

We’d like to go back again before too much longer, and bring our daughter, who was away visiting her grandmother this past time around.

By: Scooter

Scooter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:44:05 +0000

The builder was on KCPT’s own “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” Great show for all you guys who have never seen it.

By: jenjen

jenjen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:33:29 +0000

It’s definitely worth a trip. Leonard is obviously completely devoted to his work, but he’s also quite pleased with the attention he’s gotten lately, especially since being featured in “Into the Wild.” He’s quite happy to have his picture taken with you. Donations are welcome of course – he buys a lot of paint!

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:10:17 +0000

Whatever keeps him occupied. It’s better than knocking on doors and handing out bibles, I guess.

By: Pudd

Pudd — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:30:31 +0000

Leonard Knight and Salvation Mountain are some of the builders and monuments shown in the awesome documentary- God's Architects by Zach Godshall. Clip of Leonard on Vimeo

By: Timm

Timm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:01:48 +0000

I worked out in the desert about 2 miles from this place.

I always thought it was little more than a trash heap when the shanty village of “slab city” (not too far away from here) is added to the picture.

I think Google Earth has a lot more pics.

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:42:30 +0000

” He painted it with inspirational quotes from the bible to help protect it from the weather. ”

I didn’t know bible quotes workes as weatherproofing! Thats much more affordable than normal means.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:19:07 +0000

I’m so going there. I wonder if Leonard would let me arrive by parachute.

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:44:38 +0000

I’ll be in San Diego for the ComicCon. Will check it out.

http://bit.ly/5pW47

By: M. Dora

M. Dora — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:57:08 +0000

Just got back from a trip out to the Twentynine Palms area, and took a side trip down along the Salton Sea, out past the town of Niland, to Leonard’s, and was fortunate to be in the company of an art professor, who assisted me in understanding some of what we encountered there.

The place is stupefying.

Pictures do not do it justice. Not at all.

Fantastic primitive art.

Leonard is happy to talk with all comers.

How this old man keeps at it, out in the blistering desert is beyond my puny abilities to understand.

If you ever find yourself within five hundred miles of this place, stop, rearrange your schedule, and by all means go. Go and see this thing!

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:53:26 +0000

Pile of Babel?