... Not Heartless.
They'll love you too
They'll love you too
They'll love you too
They'll love you too
They'll come to you
They'll come to you
They'll come to you
They'll come to you too
They'll worship you
They'll worship you
They'll worship you
They'll worship you
They'll use you too (they'll use you too)
They'll lie to you (they'll lie to you)
They'll steal from you (they'll steal from you)
They'll sell you too (they'll sell you too)
They'll turn on you
They'll come for you
They'll hurt you too
They'll get to you too
And there will be no apologies
And no more security
There will be no cops
Just men with guns
In their shiny black uniforms
And their big black boots
With their shiny black batons
And their sleek black cars
With their fingers on the trigger
With their fingers on the trigger
With their fingers on the trigger
And their skeleton keys
And there will be no marches
There will be no purity
No more TV
And no more motorcades
And no more horses, no horses
There'll be no horses, no more motorcades
There's a sky full of tears
A sky full of tears
There's a sky full of tears
There's a sky full of tears
I've been awake all night (been awake all night)
And the sun don't shine (and the sun don't shine)
The night's so long (and the night's so long)
And the moon is in shock (and the moon is in shock)
At all the lovers turn cops
At all the lovers turn cops
Oh, all the lovers turn cops
All the lovers turn cops
And no more horses, no horses
There'll be no horses, no more motorcades
No more horses, no horses
There'll be no horses, no more motorcades
There's nothing to grieve
There's nothing to lose
There's nothing to hide
There's nothing to grow
There's nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
This is the apocalypse
This is the apocalypse
This is the apocalypse
They killed the horses
Shh
- “No Horses”, Garbage
Title: ... Not Heartless.
Justice is meant to be blind... Not heartless.
Artist: Dallas Lyn Miller-Downes
Size: 9 x 12 - 2024
Media: Color Pencil
I love the USA and my faith is what motivates me to create.
We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in the oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist,
I created this art piece after I completed the Pride 2025 Collection.
There was no way I could have known the "Big Beautiful Bill" would pass... and when they say "Big Beautiful Bill" they do not just mean a piece of legislation - they mean a bill that the American people will pay for generations.
There was no way that I could have know that July 3 2025 would have this statement made by the President:
"But all of the things that we’ve given, and they wouldn’t vote. Only because they hate Trump. But I hate them, too. You know that? I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country, you want to know the truth,” Donald Trump.
Statements like is what lead to political violence.
I have said for years that Trump and those that worship at his alter are hate mongers. They feed on hate and fear. They thrive on cruelty. If Obama had said he hated Republicans - they would have burned the country to the ground. Look at their deeply emotional response to being called Deplorable - when folks like myself are called way worse and had lies told to created a narrative of hate.
I do feel very validated... It is a told you so moment, not just the admission by Trump that he is the source of the hate and division but all the things I have said he and MAGA Republicans would do... they are doing it. Their actions will hurt everyone, you, me, the future and people all around the globe.
This is the third piece of Justice I have created. One is a Lonely Girl created in 2016. The inspiration for this patriotic Lonely Girl was the American Bombshell and the justice that is still so desperately needed for women that embrace their beauty!
This is also a look at how women will often side with political ideologies that oppresses women to appeal to a social norm tied to the patriarchy and performative faith.
The Beauty Marked Justice has never been released from my archives.
"Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity"
James Baldwin
As I sat the desk thinking about what I wanted to release for the 4th of July this year I knew it had to be a Problematic Lonely Girl - I was listening to thew news and I could not stop thinking about "Due Process" - How Trump has had Due Process when he has not obstructed Justice or the system was not abused, the January 6 rioters had their due process, the faith leader, youth leaders and those in position of power that abuse children get due process... but people coming to America, people that the Right don't like... don't?
Who's next?
I do not hate Trump or MAGA. I pity them. I pray for them. I see behind their political and religious theatre. I see the real emotions that they thrive on. I have heard and read your words. And one thing I can tell you from my lived experience is whenever someone uses hate as their motivation in society eventually it is revealed that the hate is for themselves...
It is hard to look at who we are... not just collectively but who we are. In the last few years I have come to terms with the lies people will tell, the excuses that people will make, the attacks on my reputation and character... rather than loving people - some would rater try to control someone else.
Look at the manufactured outrage and moral panic about Trans Youth in sports... all that for less that 50 Trans Youth... Some researchers say it is less that 15. All that hate and fear mongering against youth. I know that pain that is caused from this kind of hatred and cruelty. Protect the Children is a trojan horse of fascism.
James Baldwin, in his essay "Nothing Personal," concludes with the powerful statement: "The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."