In clipping my nails I find the ultimate symbolism for the savage animal in me. I seem to have tamed every other aspects of my body, yet my clipped nails never have surrendered. They simply refuse to comply. Every time I clip away a slice of nail, I essentially set free a little piece of me. It flies out to the air then lands on the floor, in plain sight, yet unseeable and forever unfindable once freed. I think this is its last, suicidal crazed attempt against my taming efforts, society’s taming efforts.