A God Who Lives In Your Head
no matter what you do
god still lives in your head
because to save your soul
they removed some part of you
and replaced it with the holy spirit
A God That Lives In Your Head is an interactive zine, constructed of multiple digital collages and soundscapes. It is interested in exploring the impacts of being "born saved", of having Christianity be chosen for you before you even had a choice, and the experience of having been shaped by Christian ideologies.
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that was fuckin terrifying. im starting to notice that my christian upbringing is seemingly an outlier.
in that i turned out alright, i mean. in that it didnt teach me hate or worthlessness.
Very well written, honest, and heartfelt.
Thank you for making this
Really like the style and tone of this. Well done.
Thank you for this. I'm not sure what else to say. Just... thank you
i really love your work, it's so beautiful!! if you don't mind, i would really love to hear more about what program you use to make interactive zines like this, because i'd really like to make one!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! but i used unity! to be honest, this was one of my easier unity projects because I used mostly UI elements in order to craft it, with minimal coding involved. the most intensive part of making this project was mostly coding the drag and drop system and collecting assets!
I feel like visual novel makers could also definitely be a good starting point for creating this sort of interactive zine type of thing!
wow i had no idea unity could be used to make this kind of project. thank you for the info!!
no problem!!! looking forward to seeing your project come into fruition ^__^!!
I felt a lot of this deep in my soul. Beautifully made
Thank you so much!
this is really wonderful, thank you for sharing it.
there's some really interesting design choices, like having the first letter being born christian in an ultrasound, and the idol one has you replace jesus on a cross with an actual idol. i really enjoyed the "how to save a soul" poem for its vivid imagery, i particularly liked the passage about invisible horns. the music choices worked really well.
the first and the last poem really spoke to me, as I've been struggling with similar questions. I was raised muslim, but when I started to diverge from the faith, I asked myself: would I ever have converted to islam if i was raised something else? at some point, it felt like i was just a muslim out of force of habit, so why should i be so lucky to go to heaven and not my unfortunate brother who was born in a christian family? i used to hate myself and pray to god that i wouldn't turn out gay, but now i'm grateful for my queerness because it led me to question and eventually reject my faith. of course there's a lot of atheists and agnostics out there that aren't queer, but it makes me scared to think that there could've been a reality where i kept calling myself a muslim because i didn't have a personal reason to question it. i grieve the time i wasted praying and forbidding myself things that could've been good for me. i also grieve that i'll never be able to fully connect with my parents and siblings because i know that no matter how much they love me and how rational i think they are, i'll always know that they pray to a god that would have me suffer eternally. i know that a small part of the guilt will almost be there and that i'll keep having nightmares about it, but i'm glad it's lesser than it used to be.
i hope this wasn't too rambley, i just wanted to show you how much your work connected with me. i look forward to more things you make.
hi! oh my goodness. i apologize for the delayed reply but this is just. wow. i’ve read your comment multiple times over at this point, and i really appreciate you taking the time to write out your own experiences. thank you so much for your support…truly! it means a lot.
i don't talk to a lot of ppl abt my experiences growing up in a devout church in the middle of nowhere, and this rly captured a lot of feelings i thought i was alone in. thx for making this, it's incredible
This was such a beautiful experience.
grateful for this, thank you for making it! made me feel supported.
I'm trying to figure out what to do with how i was raised too.
This was very good and poetic, thank you for making this!
Thank you so much, you’re very sweet!