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  • You might have seen Salvation Mountain in music videos or in documentaries.

  • It attracts people.

  • Even for folks who aren't religious, this hill,

  • covered in half a million gallons of latex paint

  • and sitting in the middle of the sun blasted California desert,

  • this hill has something about it.

  • And it was the work of just one person.

  • Leonard Knight was a man who, he was kinda lost,

  • just cruising around trying to figure out what to do.

  • He discovered Jesus, so he had a mission,

  • and then he started doing things.

  • and he made a hot air balloon, like 200 foot,

  • sewed it all together with all these praises to God on it.

  • Brought it out here.

  • The desert ended up taking its toll on the balloon,

  • but he stayed and he built this mountain.

  • But you really have to look at it to get the big picture.

  • That sand hill, that way, shows exactly what was here.

  • Couple little straggly bushes and a flat hill of sand.

  • And Leonard built all this.

  • He added extra clay, hay bales, whatever it took to build this all up.

  • He just kept goin' and goin'.

  • He was going to dome the whole thing off.

  • And he never really thought of himself as a artist,

  • he more thought of himself as somebody just doing what he was doing.

  • He was a persistent dude.

  • This mountain originally fell after three and a half years of building.

  • He rebuilt.

  • He had a passion, and this is so beautiful.

  • 28 years of dedication.

  • Try dedicating 28 minutes to something nowadays, realistically.

  • I think about that.

  • Leonard Knight had no training, no collective of other folks around him.

  • The technical term is outsider art.

  • He wasn't inspired by anyone else's work,

  • unless you count God.

  • He wasn't imitating great artists,

  • he wasn't asking for feedback from friends around him,

  • he just created this, and it resonated with the world.

  • Years after his death, there's a group of people here

  • who give their time preserving his legacy.

  • We have so many people coming from everywhere.

  • I've met people from little countries in Africa,

  • to all over Europe, to floating little islands

  • and this and that, it's amazing.

  • And some people, they come here for the religional deals on it, cool.

  • Some people come here for pretty people takin' pretty pictures at a pretty place,

  • which-- be respectful, and that's cool too.

  • It's getting you out, you're doing stuff.

  • They're getting off their couches and getting away from the TVs and stuff,

  • which is... TV is awesome too, though, so I'm not knocking TV.

  • Paint donations that we get here,

  • most of them come from the visitors.

  • They'll bring a couple of cans,

  • couple of cans turn into a hundred cans.

  • Let's say I wanted to paint that heart.

  • I would have to wait a considerable amount of time

  • 'til I had enough really beautiful red to mix up to paint that heart.

  • And then it makes it so much more satisfying

  • when you do do it. But the best thing is,

  • that our paint comes really from the heart, from the people.

  • Even if this were to fall apart,

  • it's inspired so many people, filmmakers, pilgrims, and tourists alike,

  • that it'll live on in memories, in photographs, and yes, in music videos.

  • The moment I knew about it,

  • I wanted to come here and see it for myself.

  • I started volunteering here because

  • I realised how important it was to everybody that came here.

  • And so I volunteered more,

  • and eventually they had me be like a greeter

  • and I would, "Da-de-dah-de-dah."

  • Then I was like, "Well, can I paint while I greet?"

  • "Oh yeah, go ahead."

  • "Da-de-dah-de-dah."

  • Next thing you know I'm the caretaker

  • and I've been living here a year and a half.

  • In my heart I'm the preservationist of this place.

  • I've tried to paint it all the same and make it beautiful and keep it.

  • When I fix it, I fix it good.

  • If I can't fix it good, don't fix it yet, leave it alone.

  • Leave it alone 'til you can do it right.

  • The biggest thing is: this is about love.

  • Leonard's love was God, and his relationship with Jesus.

  • But all kinds of love is awesome.

  • Like these people all just love cruising around and hanging out, doing stuff.

  • That's all makes everything better.

  • We don't think about all the dumb crap in this world.

  • And you know what? Then the dumb crap in this world

  • really becomes dumb crap in this world

  • and it doesn't have a powerful voice.

  • There's not many places in this world where it's good,

  • and nothing's expected of you.

  • We hope you would donate money to us

  • 'cause that's how we do it, but if you don't, cool!

  • We got free souvenirs anyway, and there's constantly stuff going on.

  • But if you show up on a Saturday, you'll get to see what this is really about.

  • It is just packed with people having a good time,

  • respecting the mountain, respecting each other, it's awesome!

  • Some folks would say it's divine inspiration.

  • Some folks would be a bit more cynical and say that it had to be someone.

  • Of all the millions, perhaps billions of people

  • who ever tried creating art with no experience and no training,

  • yes, statistically someone was going hit the jackpot.

  • But it's difficult to be cynical here.

  • So I brought a couple of cans of paint along as part of my own pilgrimage,

  • because as it turns out,

  • I want to help preserve this as well.

You might have seen Salvation Mountain in music videos or in documentaries.

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救世山的故事 (The Story of Salvation Mountain)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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