March 2021

Page 66

What most don't understand is our nails themselves are tools. Your equilibrium is off if one gets broken. What we buy and the uses they have for us comes with ingenuity.

by Edith Graham We go about our days as naturally as anyone else in this community. Schedules, jobs, deadlines, and dreams invade our thoughts and actions during the day like anyone else. There are some visual differences, unorthodox methods, and creative thinking that successfully concludes our days. We do not question one's curiosity or occasional gawking as we go about our lives, although we often forget why. Our nails are as natural for us as their choice of clothing, shoes, and hair. A simple task seems impossible to others like opening doors, which is a twist of the wrist with your nails out of the way. Elongated handles are as simple a sliding our fingers in to flip up the handle, letting it down while still holding it so it does not rip off our nails. We accept the stares and unusual comments and mocking’s we receive while in public, expected to be a spectacle as we lead our daily lives. We utilize items in ways others do not think to do. Our artistic expression is one of adaption based on so 66 •

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