Yixin Zhang

Pride & Thorn apple

The thorns represent the sin of Pride. When people wear the brooch on the chest, the curved thorns grow from the chests and stab back to the chests. It means that when people believe themselves excessively, it will always hurt people themselves. “The whole plant is poisonous, but the seeds are the most active” (A Modern Herbal). The seeds spread to become more toxic flowers (a metaphor for pride’s stocks harm to the surroundings)