Handmade (Susan Falck) of wood and heavy plastic 4” body bag for use in trauma work and grief.
The image or symbol of the body bag may indicate a concealing both physical and spiritual identity from others. If found one on the road following an accident or in another location where there has been a fatality, it may mean one should consider handling the situation more directly rather than ignoring it entirely. In old symbol dictionaries, a body sack is mentioned. This can imply a desire to conceal oneself both materially and spiritually.
The image or symbol of a body bag may indicate a person's coming to terms with the failure or irreversible alteration of some aspect of a life. Recognizing and respecting failure or long-term change without feeling the need to talk about it.
A body bag may also be a sign that a part of one's life has officially ended. Failures or long-term developments that, according to the image holder, shouldn't be extensively discussed assuming that a failure is statistically inevitable a tragedy, or the outcome of inadequate listening. Feeling that there is no need to seek, look into, or discuss the failure that one is concealing.