Atelier Ashley Flowers (2025)

24/09/2025

Insta Ju**ie

Imagine you are standing in a long hall.

There are about 15 doors on either side and they are all open.

Conversations, disagreements and excitement pings through the hall.

As you walk down it, you can decide to drop in on friends, or current events, or cute cat content.

Now imagine all those doors close at one time.

No sound escapes, and you are alone in the hall.

Only the echos of your mind.

You spin round to try to find magnetic North, but it’s just closed doors.

That is what it felt like for me to be off of Instagram for a week.

All the noise stopped (or at least hushed to a whisper)

The feeling of breaking up with a lover just to discover how much extra time you really have.

I missed the noise, I missed the friends, I missed the most appreciated cheerleaders, but my head was a little quieter.

I don’t want to, but I’m going to stay off of stories through the end of September.

While I register the wickedness and cruelty of the world, mostly what I see is beauty.

I see it in a puddle, or a vine, or a door

a mirror,
a plate of pasta,
an aperol spritz
my friends cosmo,
my child,
his friends,
my town,
the Potomac

My world is beautiful and I want to share that beauty, but my conscience gets in the way.

I wanted to start crying when I heard the Tylenol announcement.

How much more pain are women to endure?

Don’t take Tylenol or you will give your baby autism!?!

F***

I’d like to state for the record I took Tylenol while pregnant, headaches all the time.

I was blessed with a healthy baby boy, a healthy baby that has grown into the most beautiful child I have ever seen.

So when I hear that Tylenol, and women again, are under attack, I get curious.

Could the naming of Tylenol have anything to do with the company and people that produce and profit from it . . . didn’t they come out with a c vid vaccine, is this why?

It does nothing positive for me to recite my conspiracies, so I will keep the doors of Instagram shut for a little while longer.

Hush the voices in my head, try to find clarity, ask the oracle, what is the meaning of life?

23/09/2025

Shanah Tovah

Happy New year to all celebrating. May it be sweet and peaceful.

17/09/2025

I’m taking a 1 week instagram detox.

It’s too much, and as much as I love social media, I think it makes us all weaker and sicker.

I know I can’t give it up, but I’m going to give it a week to clear my mind.

I am fully overwhelmed by feelings of being too small to make any difference and yet I know change can only be made by a mountain of small moments.

So I’m going to try to do, what I say I’m always going to try to do, and focus on creating beauty.

At least I know that helps. It is something.

See you in a week.

16/09/2025

I said I was going to stop watching the news, and I said I was going to stop obsessing over the details of the Charlie Kirk assassination, but I’m not there yet.

What has me reeling today is Candace Owens.

She took to her podcast to dispel rumors, block shills, and form conclusions.

She is looking specifically at Bill Ackman and a summer Hamptons shakedown.

If she really does think that Israel is involved, she has picked a fight with a country that will without hesitation “defend” itself.

She has put herself squarely in the crosshairs.

I myself never post about the atrocities being committed in Gaza, because I too am afraid.

I am afraid if I say that what we have been watching is the systematic extinction of a people, I will face serious repercussions and threats myself.

I guess that is a small price to pay.

When did Americans become controlled and linked to a country that has dragged us squarely into conflict with not only America’s enemies, but her allies?

The World has said enough! Enough killing of babies, and women, and men, and starving and demolishing.

How did we get here?! It’s sickening.

Now Candace would know better, and while I do believe a foreign nation is involved, I am reluctant to believe that it is Israel (this time).

I know my dad is going to text and tell me I should take this down, and I’m sure I will.

But when does the time come that we as individuals are no long scared of repercussions from a country that is not America?

Silence and fear are the most effective of all weaponry.

Above is all alleged, allegedly and conjecture etc.

15/09/2025

Funeral for Peace

This summer I started writing critical analyses of parades.

I wrote first about the June 14th, 250 year Army Birthday, and recently I wrote about the September 3, Chinese Military parade. (Article on my LinkedIn)

In all, I watched about 20 hours of the Chinese Military and commentary on repeat.

I kept having to pause for notes, or pause to research.

What I heard and saw scared me.

I am an extremely literal person.

So when President Xi Zinping says China is going to Peace through War, that the world is at a crossroads I believe him.

On display at the parade in Beijing, it was made very clear that the Chinese not only have physical technology to rival the West, but plan to engage on any battlefield in any dimension (not my words).

This would include cybernetics. This is the paradigm I would use when looking for motives.

The full name of the parade was The 2025 China Victory Day Parade, officially the Conference to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s Wr of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist Wr.

… and the World Anti-Fascist Wr.

It is the last 4 words that matter, and they matter in the context of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

In Beijing, it was 2:23 am on September 11th, that Charlie was murdered.

What I can’t figure out is why the administration’s strategy is to scapegoat the left, rather than confront the more logical conclusion that it was indeed a foreign enemy.

Who benefits from a divided America?

Is it just to try and keep the public as calm as possible for as long as possible?

Is it because it is easier to unite and mobilize through fear and hate?

And America’s time for mobilization has all but run out?

Even with aircraft carriers being moved into place, and drones appearing over NATO land there is denial that America is readying herself for engagement.

Though everyone tells me I’m wrong, I just can’t help but think WWIII has already commenced.

The title of Number One Boy is now up for grabs.

15/09/2025

I waited in the wrong area for 45 minutes before realizing that I had to go out the building and to the left.

I was hoping they might give me a pass at the Kennedy Center VIP entrance, but no luck.

At 6:00 pm I joined the throngs of people in lines that snaked outside for another 45 minutes.

It was pleasant near the famous weeping willow trees, in the golden hour of afternoon sunlight, white marble iconic.

Stoic, I went to mourn American ideals.

I went to mourn a man who was assassinated because of his political beliefs, a man who died exercising his American right to free speech. A man who was targeted for the future he represented.

An American, whether you agreed with him or not. I did not.

There is no replacement for Charlie Kirk.

I went to mourn the collective loss and trauma of the students of Utah Valley University. Anyone who was there, and anyone who saw the murder footage is forever changed.

I went to mourn the hate that this has been stoked in so many peoples hearts.

I believe in being polite and respectful, I clapped for what I could clap for.

I said the pledge allegiance to the flag, because I do.

I sang the verse of Amazing Grace that I knew, I like singing with a large group.

I’m sad because I’m not sure America can pull herself together again.

Is America truly plunging into real civil wr?

This heinous event really is a Turning Point.

Will America turn the way of civil unrest and lose her status as number one super power?

Or

Will democrats, republicans, independents, and tech ceos stand together and defend America’s crown as World Leader?

Some say it’s too late.

I ask myself why I care, when I can’t do anything about anything?

But I know I don’t have a choice, I must try.

I must try.

I must try even if it doesn’t serve me.

If it serves America, I must try.

14/09/2025

Happy Birthday Dad!

People tell me you’re the most interesting person they’ve ever met.

I’d have to say I agree!

11/09/2025

Today we remember 9/11.

We remember the tragedy and pain of those lost and their families and friends left behind.

When the towers and planes came crashing down,
killing thousands of people,
we did not stop to ask what their politics were
before we grieved them,
we grieved for America.

Today on 9/11 we are grieving again.

Grieving for the past and grieving for the future.

Yesterday after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I wrote a post offering my thoughts and prayers.

In the post I intentionally did not express that I disagree with about 90% of his ideology.

I did not express that my vision for America stands in direct contradiction to what his vision was.

American’s have hardened, celebrating the deaths of those who don’t think like them.

Neither side of the political spectrum can claim the moral high ground, it’s all gross.

I do not need to talk about the epidemic of gun violence, or prior assassinations or Gaza or any other atrocity as a qualification and comparison.

Those are separate issues and separate posts that I make and write them as they are in the news.

My child goes to public school, guns have been at his school, I live with that every time I hug him at the door.

For the “morality police” notting me, please note yourself, I have.

This is an exercise I do.

When something violent happens, I ask myself,

What happened, what am I looking at?

If they weren’t my “sworn enemy” how would I react?

If they weren’t my “sworn enemy” would I have empathy?

If they were a stranger on the street, bleeding from a wound, would I just walk by?

Would I ask them their stance on Trans rights or abortion, and if I didn’t agree, would I condemn them to death?

What happened was a political assassination.

A man was silenced because of what he stood for, and what he said.

period.

So I can grieve along with America that a father was murdered in front of his family and a crowd of young college student.

As for who is responsible, I would look to lager geopolitics as opposed to domestic ones. The events will unfold.

My thoughts and prayers remain with Charlie Kirk, the men and women of 9/11 and the people of America.

11/09/2025

Charlie Kirk

Tonight we are gathered here to pay solemn remembrance and respect to Charlie Kirk, may his soul rest in Heaven.

Words do not describe the tragic loss that is felt by not only his friends and family, but America collectively.

Tragedy

He was a bright star, the future of MAGA, and he was gunned down in the harsh light of day.

I have not seen the footage, and I am going to try not to find it.

There are so many unanswered questions, I hope justice will be done.

Some would say he was the best of what America has to offer, the photos of him and his family are so beautiful .

Regardless of politics, you can still feel the deep grief of a young honest family torn apart way too early.

Murdered because of beliefs.

An American was targeted on American soil and the intention was to send a message.

It is a shock and the full gravity remains to set in.

I pray we find a way to come together as a country instead of continuing to rip ourselves apart.

It is time for a United Front.

Tomorrow is 9/11, may we never forget.

07/09/2025

I’m really sad today.

This isn’t the place to break down my theories and evidence on how and why I think we are already at w*r, because they don’t make any difference.

I don’t regularly enjoy being labeled hysteric.

And maybe I’ll finish my parade visual analysis for publication, and you can read it there.

On September 3, 2025 China declared the age of the New World Order in which it is the leader.

I’m trying to figure out how and if that is going to change daily life at all.

America is mobilizing.

It looks like our history with South Korea is about to be rewritten.

I fear SK has made their decision, and they have decided to stand in the East.

The Hundai factory business executives are the first captives.

Their release remains to be seen.

It is a test of will, and a tactical mistake.

I’m glad I took the chance to wear this beautiful Kimono that my grandfather purchased from Japan during his Korean deployment.

The war in which Americans fought side by side with South Koreans.

We are about to experience a new wave and new flavor of prejudice.

I don’t want any part of that.

I’d also like to be clear, I never voted for this administration, I don’t agree with so much, but I stand with the hope and ideals of America.

I will always stand with America.

Sometimes that means the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

We are in the age of Sun Tsu after all.

Conditions on the ground have changed.

Pick your poison.

Back to flowers.

Flowers.

Flowers.

04/09/2025

Peace through War

It’s a very funny feeling to know your country is at War before anyone else does.

Well,
we will only be going to battle
if we challenge China’s crown
And their role as new world super power.

Or try to interfere with the territories
She covets most, or do anything she doesn’t like.

Parades are important,
I keep trying to tell people,
parades are important.

If you watched the full 4.5 hours of Chinese news coverage, they laid out the entire history of China’s role as a world super power since WWII.

China has “corrected” the dates now saying the war began in 1931, not 1939.

This could be a very long post,
but I’m on deadline,
I have an event,
Need to get subscription link out and
Finalize two articles.

But still its important for me
To take time
to shout into the void.

To shout like a greeting from Earth, times up.

Last note:

The parade embarrassed the US, there is a feeling of wanting to show our own display of military strength.

I would not take this strategy.

At the moment, our might comes not from our weapons or our technology,
America’s biggest asset
Has always been her people.

We are individuals,
We are kind and we are creative,
We love America even if we don’t like her.

We know how to throw a party, and we know how to have a good time.

When you are faced with War, but are not yet prepared, I’d start trolling,
Let’e make America fun again,
Let’s have a theme party.

Let’s remind the world that we do still have a choice, that peace is still an option.

But it’s only an option if others join our alliance.

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