Human photography essay

HOW TO START A CULT

What is a cult? A cult is just a culture. “Cultus” in Latin meaning “to till, to cultivate (agriculture), or to workshop”. From “colo”— worship, honor.

So the tricky thing — a “cult” can have many connotations.

First, to cultivate. Like to cultivate the land. Or to cultivate an idea, or to cultivate a group of people towards a common good.

Second — a worship group (like the cult of Dionysus, Bacchus) like the Danaeds who would worship Dionysus, get drunk and participate in weird orgies (consider Brave New World and the “orgy porgy” idea).

Stay true to an idea and propagate the idea

ERIC KIM

Photographer, blogger, street photography educator, artist-publisher. Human-generated essays from the pavement, the camera, the body, and the real world.