Damn I miss this guy. His name was #LeonardKnight, and h

Damn I miss this guy. His name was #LeonardKnight, and he was the visionary who built #SalvationMountain. I had never met a person so pure and so raw. I’d never met somebody who dedicated his entire life to making one thing. Leonard made ONE thing: a man-made mountain in the California desert. Leonard had no belongings and lived in the back of a broken down fire truck covered in scripture. He built, he ate, he gave tours, he bathed, and he slept. Nothing more. For 28 years he lived this way, the simple life of a visionary. Leonard worked beyond our concept of time, slowly and methodically without ever wandering from his path. His sole purpose in this endeavor was to spread the message that “GOD IS LOVE.” Leonard died last year but his legacy lives on.
Today I am releasing a book about his life and art: a portfolio of the surfaces he made, a documentary of his creative process, and a collection of artifacts, from postcards, to a small book of his handwritten songs, a series of "dime-store" photo prints from 1984, a 4ft long foldout, and a letter from Knight. This museum in a box can be found at the link in my header or at @outsiderbooks