The blue river flowing under my shoe symbolizes hope. My shoe is attached to a tree stump, which lifts it off the ground and keeps it from touching all the water. The stump stands for the trial that the shoe is going through, but it its still touching the river of hope. My shoe is black in the back, then it fades to green, then to blue. The front blue touches the river, and the green does some as well. The black gets a splash of hope also. The black part is the farthest away from the river and it still touches hope. My shoe exhibits that hope conquers fear.