Comments on: Strange Geographies: Salvation Mountain http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jerry http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-210013 jerry Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:03:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-210013 what kind of paint is used? i hope it's not polluting the environment. what kind of paint is used? i hope it’s not polluting the environment.

]]> By: Alice http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-209463 Alice Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:35:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-209463 Fantastic. He is like the West Coast Howard Finster. Fantastic. He is like the West Coast Howard Finster.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-205814 Amanda Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:22:34 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-205814 What a waste of time. Couldn't have he done something productive? Like help people who need it? What a waste of time. Couldn’t have he done something productive? Like help people who need it?

]]> By: Kels http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-205619 Kels Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:48:08 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-205619 And nice comment Katie. I absolutely believe in love. And nice comment Katie. I absolutely believe in love.

]]> By: Kels http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-205615 Kels Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:46:13 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-205615 I'm with Laura Martone. I think the guy is nuts for writing all that mess, but he's still a talented artist. It has beautiful colors and is like nothing I've ever seen before. I’m with Laura Martone.
I think the guy is nuts for writing all that mess, but he’s still a talented artist. It has beautiful colors and is like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

]]> By: Katie http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-205576 Katie Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:56:13 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-205576 I had the opportunity to visit Salvation Mountain and meet Leonard last March. He is an amazing man, and he absolutely loves where he is and what he is doing. He told us that love was the most important thing, that it doesn't have to be complicated. Though the mountain has Bible verses all over it, his main message is just love one another, which is the most important message of all. I had the opportunity to visit Salvation Mountain and meet Leonard last March. He is an amazing man, and he absolutely loves where he is and what he is doing. He told us that love was the most important thing, that it doesn’t have to be complicated. Though the mountain has Bible verses all over it, his main message is just love one another, which is the most important message of all.

]]> By: Laura Martone http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-188038 Laura Martone Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:28:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-188038 Normally, I would agree with Valerie. Mountains are usually more lovely as Nature intended them to be... without paint and other manmade decorations marring them. But even as an atheist, I can appreciate this amazing creation - and Leonard's longtime dedication. May Nature bless him! And the pictures are truly stunning - how fortuitous that the clouds were so dramatic during your visit! I've heard of this place before, but I nonetheless appreciate your sharing this adventure with us. Thanks! Normally, I would agree with Valerie. Mountains are usually more lovely as Nature intended them to be… without paint and other manmade decorations marring them. But even as an atheist, I can appreciate this amazing creation – and Leonard’s longtime dedication. May Nature bless him!

And the pictures are truly stunning – how fortuitous that the clouds were so dramatic during your visit! I’ve heard of this place before, but I nonetheless appreciate your sharing this adventure with us. Thanks!

]]> By: anonymous http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-177843 anonymous Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-177843 My tattoo is carved beneath my eyelids as I go about the day, affecting the world one breath-blue gaze at a time. My tattoo is carved beneath my eyelids as I go about the day, affecting the world one breath-blue gaze at a time.

]]> By: Arlou http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-169588 Arlou Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:40:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-169588 The mountain speaks for itself. As people drive into the desert driveway, their faces already show amazement - even the brutal desert heat could not keep them in their nicely air conditioned environment-vehicles. It didn't matter where they had known about Salvation Mountain or how long ago. It does not matter whether they have a spiritual or religious bone in them or not. It does not matter if they are able to walk or need canes and wheelchairs. They come from near and far places. They come and leave with enthusiasm. Leonard Knight is a humble man who is so inspired by his Creator God. Leonard is focused and dedicated to the mountain that he would not leave it no longer than it takes to eat his meal, except, maybe, to take an extra minute or two to get a cetain color paint that he was inspired to color with. Not even sleep can take him out physically; he sleeps in his beautifully painted truck-house in the premises. It is simple living to the max. There is no electricity nor water in this desert place, however, there is a man with a heart electrified by his God and within the man a running living water. Visitors come from different parts of the world. Truly, it has become global for sometime now united with smiles on their faces. Many can not stay away and so they come once again and then again and again bringing along others. No one leaves this mountain without smiles on their faces - salvation smiles back at them. Other visitors come bearing a gallon or gallons of paint and donate money to buy paint or paint brushes. Children, who are old enough to walk up the mountain, beg their parents to go up again and again. Parents mostly oblige; perhaps they, too, secretly want too run up also. Bring your cameras and cooler. Load up your cooler with ice/water and allow yourselves be amazed by Salvation Mountain. Meet the man himself, Leonard Knight. He is a man who paints and lives outside the box and so does his Creator God. If he is not there, he will be back soon enough! It is worth the wait. The mountain speaks for itself. As people drive into the desert driveway, their faces already show amazement – even the brutal desert heat could not keep them in their nicely air conditioned environment-vehicles. It didn’t matter where they had known about Salvation Mountain or how long ago. It does not matter whether they have a spiritual or religious bone in them or not. It does not matter if they are able to walk or need canes and wheelchairs. They come from near and far places. They come and leave with enthusiasm. Leonard Knight is a humble man who is so inspired by his Creator God. Leonard is focused and dedicated to the mountain that he would not leave it no longer than it takes to eat his meal, except, maybe, to take an extra minute or two to get a cetain color paint that he was inspired to color with. Not even sleep can take him out physically; he sleeps in his beautifully painted truck-house in the premises. It is simple living to the max. There is no electricity nor water in this desert place, however, there is a man with a heart electrified by his God and within the man a running living water. Visitors come from different parts of the world. Truly, it has become global for sometime now united with smiles on their faces. Many can not stay away and so they come once again and then again and again bringing along others. No one leaves this mountain without smiles on their faces – salvation smiles back at them. Other visitors come bearing a gallon or gallons of paint and donate money to buy paint or paint brushes. Children, who are old enough to walk up the mountain, beg their parents to go up again and again. Parents mostly oblige; perhaps they, too, secretly want too run up also. Bring your cameras and cooler. Load up your cooler with ice/water and allow yourselves be amazed by Salvation Mountain. Meet the man himself, Leonard Knight. He is a man who paints and lives outside the box and so does his Creator God. If he is not there, he will be back soon enough! It is worth the wait.

]]> By: Valerie http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600/comment-page-1#comment-150491 Valerie Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:47:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26600#comment-150491 Call me crazy, but I think God did a better job. The mountain was beautiful without the paint. Call me crazy, but I think God did a better job. The mountain was beautiful without the paint.

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