Imaginary scenarios about god
One of the main capacities we posses as human beings, is that of constructing representations of the reality that surrounds us, taking into account the functioning of the forces of nature, of other living beings and of ourselves.
During the construction of these representations, children slowly incorporate the things they receive through the influence of the adults and of the social and cultural factors that surround them. However, the ideas about God have a very specific characteristic: they are out of reach from experience itself.
This project aims to investigate the ideas that children have about God and to discover how much of these ideas are assimilated, created, understood and represented through social and culturally learned concepts and the dimension that imagination and fantasy acquire within this process.
“God is in sky, he is an angel and he makes the future. When the souls go up with him, He invites them to his bar”
“God is invisible and lives inside of me. When people die, they go with God”
“God is everywhere, like on a beach where there is sand, sky, water, animals and people. He is someone you cannot see”
“God is in the sky and looks after us”
“I don’t know what God is like, but I know he is above all of the buildings and he can see every human from up there”
“God is the universe. I think that he is like a person because they say he created us based on his image and resemblance”
“God is in heaven with our grandparents and our fish that died. They have a lot of fun, they play and they are friends”
“God is the air, and when someone passes by him, a bright and strong white light turns on”
“God is the biggest image in all existence. He is in the sky and he creates each one of us and looks after us”
“God is an angel and he is in the sky”
“God is in the air and he is everywhere, he is nature and he looks after all the houses. When people die they go to God and remain inside of him”
“I think God is on earth and that he is a gray and white smoke that goes up to the sky to watch us”
“God is in the sky, he has black hair and brown eyes. He always looks after people”
“God created the universe and he is in the sky; He’s everybody’s father and he is invisible”
“God is in the sky and he is a very good person. He has a beard and wears a vest and flip-flops”
“God is an angel, he created everything and is in the sky”
“God is in heaven, he used to be human like us, but the Jews killed him a while a go and he is now in another world. He is like a best friend”
“God is a cloud that looks after us”
Man in wheat field shot at Aro Ha