Salvation Mountain.

Salvation Mountain; Niland, CA

God is Love

The Desert

I was loving it.

Ironic graffiti?

Texture

Leonard's paint

Leonard Knight, 77, the man who built & lives at Salvation Mountain.

Leonard built a tree out of pieces of wood he found in the desert.

The "museum" Leonard is building out of hay and terra cotta, adjacent to the mountain.

Leonard's replication of the world's largest tree trunk, General Sherman.

All of us with Leonard.

Leonard Knight has been living out here in the middle of nowhere, next to Slab City for nearly 30 years. He built Salvation Mountain and painted it. People donate paint to him so he can continue his work. He lives in the back of a truck at the mountain. His sole purpose for doing this is to spread his message- "Keep it simple, God is Love." Some of us took a day trip out to see the mountain, it's just 3 hours or so from San Diego. We had such a great day between seeing the mountain and meeting Leonard (who I think may be the sweetest man that has ever lived) and going next door to Slab City. 

We met people who clearly have no interest in living a normal life and have no regard for society in general. It was amazing.