Expand<\/a><\/p>\nBuzzell went to work painting in what she calls her \u201cshe shack\u201d in the backyard of her Tunkhannock Twp. home. With tiny brushes she brought the image to life. She hoped it would tell a story of injustice and inspire those who saw it to take a stand.<\/p>\n
After a video of the creation of the artwork was posted to Facebook and Instagram, views skyrocketed.<\/p>\n
The video opened with heat being applied to the nail, which caused a layer of black nail gel to turn transparent and reveal the image.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like magic,\u201d Buzzell said.<\/p>\n
Buzzell believed the video would go viral but didn\u2019t realize just how viral. Her Facebook page started with about 1,400 followers, and that number increased exponentially after the video posted.<\/p>\n
Buzzell created other artwork designed to get her message out.<\/p>\n
Depictions of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy detained by ICE agents, believed to be used as bait to lure his family out of their home; pro-ICE influencer Jake Lang covered by a hand with long pink fingernails; and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sporting a Pinocchio nose continued to draw viewers.<\/p>\n
Soon Buzzell\u2019s Facebook page, titled \u201cHand it to Heather,\u201d had 5,700 followers.<\/p>\n
Her reel depicting the ICE agent falling on ice drew over 1 million views. Views for the other reels were in the hundreds of thousands. Her Instagram followers also grew exponentially following the recent ICE-themed posts and she now has nearly 30,000 followers on the platform.<\/p>\n
She points out that the two platforms have somewhat different vibes.<\/p>\n
Comments on her Facebook page are mixed, with some Trump supporters strongly defending the actions of ICE. Comments to her Instagram page have been almost entirely supportive, she said.<\/p>\n
Buzzell draws passion for her efforts not from social media, but from concern about her children, ages 17, 14 and 2.<\/p>\n
Although they don\u2019t all completely understand the national landscape, it is their future that hangs in the balance, Buzzell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey say children are our future,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, Buzzell is proud her efforts, which provide a tangible depiction of recent events, memorialize the injustice of the current political landscape and not let it be swept under the rug.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t realize how powerful my art could be, but I\u2019m so grateful that I\u2019m able to speak out against something that so many Americans feel so uncomfortable with,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially tyranny.\u201d<\/p>\n
She fears that even state and local governments are losing power over ICE agents in their own jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hear the news and the government officials are begging the people to leave, and they don\u2019t leave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Buzzell intends to continue to create the ICE-themed artwork and now keeps her ear to the news to determine what her next piece will be. She\u2019s always been committed to making the world happier and better for her followers. Now, she thinks she\u2019s also bringing truth to light on her social platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely always tried to use my powers for good,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve never really publicly spoken about anything. But this is something that I couldn\u2019t put into words and so I\u2019m speaking through my artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a quick blast of heat, the black gel on a tiny canvas vanishes, revealing a fallen ICE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,139,28,178,180,179,181,729,2943],"class_list":{"0":"post-100663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-local-news","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-scranton","12":"tag-scranton-headlines","13":"tag-scranton-news","14":"tag-top-stories-stt","15":"tag-uncategorized","16":"tag-wyoming-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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