Envy/ Invidere 30"x40" acyrlic on canvas

Invidere is the Latin word for Envy. It is translated "to see with malice". Envy is about wanting what someone else has, while jealousy is the feeling you get when someone threatens what is yours. Possession is a matter of both what we have and who we are. To desire what another has is foolish because it will not be the same for us. This sin is unique from the other sins in that it is experienced in relation to other people; it differs from greed in that it is about another person having something rather than the thing itself.

The well known color representing this sin is green. The hands represent a grab or a reach for something that is not yours to have. The hands themselves are empty. There are 4 colors of green used in this work along with a mixed medium of glass beads offering texture, shine and representation of the deep cuts that seeing another's possessions through malice can bring.

Envy= Selfishness. The Virtue against which it sins is Love. Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake. Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from Pride at times.

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