During a visit to the Empty Quarter desert, in the southern end of the Arabian peninsula, the artist encountered a tall, bright green plant known as the Calotropis Procera. This biblical plant, which is also referred to by other names such as the Apple of Sodom or the Jinn Tree, secretes a toxic milky sap that is reputed to cause blindness. Throughout history, human interaction with the natural world has yielded both pain and discovery, from nourishment to poison. The sculpture explores the intertwined facts and myths shaping the understanding of nature. Furthermore, as the frightening dripping form indicates, Al Qadiri’s sculpture stands as a memorial to the blind condition, not only in a physical sense but also a psychological one, in which people refuse to believe the reality of images they are confronted with within the confines of the post-truth world we inhabit today.