Comments on: On the edge of reality http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/06/on-the-edge-of-reality/ What makes a great picture? Sun, 19 May 2013 01:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Telly http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/06/on-the-edge-of-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-348401 Telly Wed, 02 May 2012 15:51:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/?p=26501#comment-348401 While an "interesting" photo-journal of our city, however, this is not the first, nor will it be the last to show some interest in our little desert community. There is an information kiosk at the beginning of Slab City, right behind the "Welcome" guard shack that Leonard Knight painted (and no, Salvation Mountain is not "concrete", its made of adobe and paint. Its been an icon of Slab City for almost 30 years). While our community is pretty loose, we are not actually as anarchistic as it may appear. The Information Kiosk contains some guidelines for visiting Slab City, they are known as our Common Courtesies. You can find a copy here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/SlabCity/doc/204987662868201/ We have been beset with a large influx from the fringes of the "Occupy" movement this year. We know that we are a valid alternative lifestyle. We love the way we live and being off the grid is great to us. We don't want to have it screwed up by a bunch of low-life freeloaders. It takes a great deal of fortitude and resilience to live the way we do. We don't have time for people that just want to use and abuse Slab City. As the Slab City song says... "we ain't going back", so to those who would come visit us... you are welcome, but please respect what we have here. While an “interesting” photo-journal of our city, however, this is not the first, nor will it be the last to show some interest in our little desert community. There is an information kiosk at the beginning of Slab City, right behind the “Welcome” guard shack that Leonard Knight painted (and no, Salvation Mountain is not “concrete”, its made of adobe and paint. Its been an icon of Slab City for almost 30 years). While our community is pretty loose, we are not actually as anarchistic as it may appear. The Information Kiosk contains some guidelines for visiting Slab City, they are known as our Common Courtesies. You can find a copy here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/SlabCity/ doc/204987662868201/

We have been beset with a large influx from the fringes of the “Occupy” movement this year. We know that we are a valid alternative lifestyle. We love the way we live and being off the grid is great to us. We don’t want to have it screwed up by a bunch of low-life freeloaders. It takes a great deal of fortitude and resilience to live the way we do. We don’t have time for people that just want to use and abuse Slab City. As the Slab City song says… “we ain’t going back”, so to those who would come visit us… you are welcome, but please respect what we have here.

]]> By: Cookiecookier http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/06/on-the-edge-of-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-348394 Cookiecookier Tue, 01 May 2012 01:45:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/?p=26501#comment-348394 When were you here? When were you here?

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