Our Movie Maker presentation has many meaningful pictures symbolising fences.
Fences can symbolise both good and bad components.
Our first picture is of the Rabbit Proof Fence. This is a fence that 3 children followed when escaping a Mission Camp. It guided them back to their families and to safety. It shows that fences can help guide us to our way home.
The second picture is of a safety pin, symbolising that fences can keep up safe during times of suffering.
The third picture is of a danger sign, symbolising that fences can be very dangerous. Not only can they be barbed wire or electric, but the can trap us in places that we don’t want to be.
The fourth picture is of a safety ring, symbolising how when times get hard a fence could be our safety ring. It can be really helpful to hide away behind a fence while getting over trauma until we feel safe again.
The fifth picture is of a glass shattering. This symbolises how sometimes our life can crumble around us, but our fence which could be like our family will always stay strong.
The sixth picture is a notice explaining how no one under 18 is permitted. This symbolises how the laws made by our government build fences around us. In this picture there are fences around people who are under 18.
The seventh picture is of a disability sign, symbolising how disabled people have fences stopping them from doing things such as walking or communicating.
The eighth picture is of a couple fighting, symbolising how our families or relationships can become a fence when they stop us from doing what we want to do. For example: Getting a job, learning to drive or going to church.
The ninth picture is of the Berlin wall coming down. This symbolises how even when a fence may seem impossible to get through, if there’s a will, there’s a way.
The tenth picture is of a man, trapped behind a glass sheet. This symbolises how fences can stop us from going where we want to go, or being who we want to be, just like this man can’t get through the wall.
The eleventh picture is of a pad lock, symbolising how fences can lock us away from the world. If we choose to hide behind the fence, we feel like we cannot get through and can’t live our lives to the full. It feels like we are locked in.
The twelfth picture is of house, symbolising how we can feel trapped in our own home or family by fences. Sometimes the people around us form barriers around our lives, stopping us from doing what we want to do.
The thirteenth picture is of a girl stuck in a box at school, in her locker room. This symbolises how sometimes at school we can feel trapped by the rules or by our friends and teachers. Our self image can affect our confidence, so we feel trapped inside our own bodies.
The fourteenth picture is of a paddock, symbolising how fences can also be used well. We can use fences to block out the things that we don’t want in our life, so for a farmer it might be the cattle, but for us it might be bad distractions.
The fifteenth picture is of French Fries and Potential, explaining how not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up. This symbolises how we may have many hopes and dreams, but we all have limits. Everyone has fences formed around them. We all have limits.
The sixteenth picture is of an old fence falling down. This symbolises how fences may seem impossible to overcome, but they’re actually just old, rotten pieces of wood that we can easily walk over.
The seventeenth picture is of two polar bears in Antarctica, symbolising it can be good to keep inside our fences, if it is natural for us. The Polar Bear’s habitat is the snow, and it would just be strange to see them in a desert. Just like our habitat might be inside our fence, where we feel at home.
The eighteenth picture is of a man trapped in a cube, symbolising how it can be very frustrating being stuck in our lives, wishing we could break through the fence and reach impossible limits. But we just have to learn to be happy with what we’ve got.
The nineteenth picture is of a safety house sign, symbolising how inside our fence may be like a safety house to us. It can be like the place we run to whenever we’re in trouble.
The twentieth picture is of a car stuck inside a pit. This symbolises how we may think we have a really good life, just like a Jeep is a really good car, but if we have fences put around us, it may feel like we are in a really big hole, and even a Jeep couldn’t get out of it.
The twenty-first picture is of a cat stretching back and relaxing. This symbolises how inside our fence we can feel very calm and comfortable. Sometimes it is good to have a break inside our fence, just not for too long.
The twenty-second picture is of a suit of armour, symbolising how our fences may be like a protection for us, shielding us from whatever comes our way.
The twenty-third picture is of a group of people trapped inside a cube. This symbolises how there can be a large group of people trapped inside a fence. It may look like glass, but they still can’t get through.
The twenty-fourth picture is of a dog, comfortably sleeping in a deck chair. This symbolises how inside our fence we can feel very relaxed and calm. It is good to have a rest every now and then.
The twenty-fifth is of a beautiful view of the city through a fence. This symbolises how if we cannot see through the fence, we will never know how beautiful it is out there.
The twenty-sixth picture is of all the restrictions in our life. This symbolises how we will always have fences around us, but sometimes they are for our own good.
The twenty-seventh picture is of a jail guard opening a gate. This symbolises how there are fences around people in jail, so if we ignore our restrictions, there may be consequences which result in even less space inside our fences.
The twenty-eighth picture is of a hand trying to get through a barbed wire fence. This symbolises who sometimes we build our fences so high it’s difficult to break through them. So sometimes people give up, so this picture symbolises depression and suicide.
The next two pictures are of people being sent to jail and then being stuck in jail. This symbolises how we have fences are put around people in jail, and the bars are too strong to break through.
The thirtieth picture is of a danger sign, warning the reader of an electric fence. This symbolises how sometimes we fear what is on the outside of a fence, when it is really the fence that is what is dangerous.
The thirty-first picture is of a barbed wire fence. This symbolises that sometimes we are stuck inside a fence, and the unknown outside looks scary and daunting, when really it is the fence that is just dangerous.
The thirty-second picture is of a nice, white-picket fence, symbolising how even though a fence may look impossible to climb over, but there is a gate that leads out of the box.
The thirty-third picture is of an eye, with a person trying to get out of it. This symbolises how sometimes we feel trapped inside our own body, like there are fences stopping us from being who we want to be.
