Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Second of the ’10 Things of Thankful’ blog hop series.
Still getting comfortable here in my new Saturday morning digs. I like the hop thing, despite (and possible because), I still wait until the very last minute to start writing. No doubt a common experience, but I am new enough to this writing gig to have those moments of “a whole Post? now?!” (Equally amazing/amusing is coming back and reading an old Post and reacting with “did I really write that?!” when returning to an old Post.)
In any event, here we are at the Wakefield Doctrine (as a co-host, no less!!) finding the words that best express what this theme would have me… express.
Given that most of us will agree that Gratitude and/or thankfulness is, for the most part, in the realm of emotion, the challenge for me personally is that, being of the personality type referred to as a clark*, implies a tendency to living life in a manner that might be viewed as being the non-emotional. And, to a certain extent, that is true. However the blogosphere is nothing if it is not crowded with very exceptional people. People who (we might meet), provided that we are deserving…or in the case of some of us, just plain lucky. I refer, of course, to not only Considerer… the person who has taken a good idea and turned it into a useful/beneficial thing, in the form of this Post. (and there are my co-hostini: Christine and Sadie and Andie and Kristi and Joy and Rebecca and ‘Hexa‘
So let me stop here. Do promise to strive to provide (lol) a view of the thankful things in life as viewed (from the worldview of your choice) in the coming Saturdays.
For now, please pick the pronoun, verb, or whatever-the-hell- -iciple these are and apply to my 10 List below ( I, we, often feel, amazing, damn!, sure am lucky ’cause, I guess I am fortunate!)
- learned how to have video chats ….with Considerer yesterday. Very cool.
- having a dog with a fairly anthropomorphic view of sleeping in bed… see photo above
- having eyes that are roll-able (however not having any desire to roll them, despite what our Hop Leaderini may contend in Item #2 in her Post today)
- still having the …capacity (to a lesser extent) and the desire (to an undiminished extent) to get up at an ungodly hour in the morning
- have work that while requiring my…. participation on Saturdays is still there
- having a rogerian wife, who in her incredibly diverse, densely scheduled yet fully enjoyed weekend, seems to enjoy all of her non-working time
- the time of year being one in which the days will continue to get longer (for at least near a week) more
- the technology that is available today, granting as it does, the opportunity for ways and means of communication that were simply not possible as little as 5 years ago
- having read science fiction when growing up, the better able to appreciate #8
- the Wakefield Doctrine for providing me with a tool, a lens, if you will, to better understand all the people and the events around me
* one of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine
About clarkscottroger
Ah the beauty of introspection and the larger view of the advances today :) Sometimes when I look back at sci-fi I enjoyed in the past I just think “they had NO idea!” Thank you for joining in with this – it’s a fascinating exercise.
And I disagree that clarks can’t be emotional, I’d say there’s an element of processing and analysis before it shows though.
@Considerer
“And I disagree that clarks can’t be emotional, I’d say there’s an element of processing and analysis before it shows though”
this is totally where this here Doctrine here becomes very fun (and ever more useful and valuable). hold that thought… the seeming disparity is more in (my) choice of words than it is in what the theroy of clarks, scotts and rogers would hold.
this fun has to do with word fights* that will ensue! (In all seriousness, a discussion of the type your disagreement will engender, will demonstrate a quality that I find with this Doctrine… everytime, without exception, that I look at, explain (in detail), argue with or otherwise try to use the Wakefield Doctrine, I learn something new about myself!
cool
* word fights in the class of snowball fights, splashing in the pool fights, foodfights (of the 1970s movie watchers) and orgone fights**
** I have no idea!!
I too, am loving these long summer days, and being outside when it’s cooled off some but still light at 9 PM! I agree with you wholeheartedly on the advances of technology. I would be so lost without blogging and my host of Internet friends from around the world. These kinds of personal relationships would not have been possible in the past, and now they are an everyday thing… and such a blessing to discover that we are all far more alike than we are different… truly one great family on the planet Earth!
@Josie Two Shoes
I totally agree about the capacity (of the technology) to allow communications that are not only quantitatively different, but qualitatively as well. Lots of ways to ‘call people up’, for those inclined (by personality and temperment) to ‘call people up’…but things like these blogs, that is where I think the qualitative difference shows.
Like a virtual giant picnic (that is big enough and busy enough) for people to join in quietly and just observe for a spell and then, when comfortable, actively join the festivities.
Hi, I love sci-fi too. Did you see the new Trek movie yet? It was awesome. I also have read a lot of Trek books through the years. Great post today. My daughter has eyes that roll too, especially when I tell her to clean up her room.
@Mary-andering
(not yet…will be doing so). eye rolling is so damn expressive, with an economy of effort yielding such a return, lol
I am so with you on loving that the days are still getting longer right now. This really is my favorite time of the year for sure. Thanks again for hosting Clark and so happy to link up again!! :)
@Janine
thank you Janine, didn’t think for a while (in mid January) that we would ever see these ‘still light at 8:45 days’ enjoying them
Great list dude! Yes, our dog Balboa would pretty much sleep on our beds too, though he likes to makr our son’s bed, so his room is off limits.
LOVE that the days are longer and the possibilities to do things are limitless in the summer.
@Karen
…Una a good dog (Chodsky pes) and she spends most of the night on the bed, a little time in her cage (also in the bedroom). yeah, had the money I thought I would live in Scandinavia in the Summer and southern South America in the winter…
I’m thankful for the Wakefield Doctrine and learning to better spot Clarks, Scotts, and Rogers (what does it mean that Scott seems easiest? Does that mean I’m shallow?) and for meeting you on these big broad interwebs places. That summer nights being long made your list makes me jealous because why didn’t I think of that?
@Kristi
thats one of the things I like about you, *you* keep coming up with things that I say (“damn, why didn’t I think of that’) too as well. like minds and all (hey, don’t forget to email mailing address, really hoping the docTees will be in this week)
hey! also… Considerer and I might have the global Doctrine hot line worked out! we had a couple of conversations using the google+ video link thingie… totally am thinking we can get our far away friends to be calling in and such more to follow
Nothing like a little last-minute blog writing on a deadline to get the adrenaline rushing! :)
I get a little sad on June 21, knowing the days will only get shorter. I love the late sunsets and cool temperatures.
@Christine
aiyee I am in love! no one else has yet to utter that sentiment (though I have been thinking it as we all reflect on Summer). And, as with everything related to the Wakefield Doctrine, this, your Comment and my Reply, allows me to learn a little about myself (and my world). I have not spoken of the 21st because in my view, it marks the end of Summer. The reason I say that (and believe in that) is that I consider this (view of 06.21.13 as being the end of Summer) is that I benefit from the opposite time of year, December 21st which I consider to be the end of Winter (for the same but opposite reason, the days begin to get longer).
What I believe I have learned here (thank you very much) is that I am still way too cautious with how I express myself. When considering a statement, I try to factor in not only the reactions of the possible listeners, but their feelings (about said statement). Very a fool’s errand.
Thanks for the insight… late on a Sunday night. Better late than none at all.
…all very well if only your ‘end of summer’ was remotely warm! Summer is all about the heat, long, languid, lazy days basking and crisping up under that golden shiny thing we used to have in summers…
For this reason I now propose that the previously named ‘summer equinox’ be renamed Spring Equinox (given that the new season (historically and in terms of dates) begins on the 22nd of the month, technically June 21 is less than a month into what we call ‘summer’ and at the moment it’s proving to be incredibly disappointing.
@Considerer
yeah, what the hell happened to the warm (with heat waves interspersed) Summertimes? also it is the hours of daylight to have the broadest effect (on me). I’m all for the re-naming of the seasons!
I love days becoming longer. I’m a night owl through and through, so none of that early to rise junk :) I’m usually still awake when others are stirring out of their slumber and preparing for their grueling work day. And then I giggle… and chuckle… and Maniacal Laugh! Then pass out randomly.
I’m curious: What determined the names Clark, Scott, Roger? When I hear Clark I can’t stop from thinking Clark Kent. Hearing Clarks as being less emotional, or slower to come to, directly conflicts in my mind because I view Superman as a very emotional individual. I could, however, have false memories of his representation. So yeah, I am curious, nonetheless!
You’ll have to let me know possibly sometime about those google hangout deals. My only concern is being “decent” and presentable Muahahaha.
*Le sigh* to the days eventually becoming shorter again being just around the corner.
Hope you have a great week!
Jak
@Jak
don’t Muahahaha! Considerer and have, of late, been practicing/learning the art and etiquette of the video call. It is interesting in ways neither of us had anticipated, including (the importance of) keeping a neat desk, not forgetting that when one turns around (while on a vid call) and no longer sees the camera, the camera is still on! We even spoke about how there surely is an app for calls that can overlay a deliberately constructed avatar of the caller, so that the spaghetti sauce stains on the shirt and/or mis-matched pajamas do not make it on camera to spoil the gravitas. lol
the names refer to the ‘progenitors’, as we call them in the Wakefield Doctrine.
In the ‘About’ page ( yeah, I know, why the hell would someone read the About page??!! thats like saying, ‘here is the instruction manual for your new toaster, please read it before taking it out of the box’)
In any event, there are three real people that account for the names of the three worldviews, (the) personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine.
(Like the one page ‘Quick Start’ that comes with your toaster…even though there is a 13 page booklet, here is the Doctrine): worldviews = personal realities (the way the world appears to you, regardless of what anyone says); everyone has the potential to see the world in any of the 3 ways; at an early age we all pick one worldview and grow up and develop in that, but always have the ‘other 2 worldviews as potential’, which is why you though you know you are probably one of the 3, at times you are surely one of the others; learn the characteristics of the 3 worldview: the Outsider = clarks, the Predator = scotts the Herd Member = rogers; the Wakefield Doctrine is culture, gender and age neutral and it is about predominances not a totally exact fit (come on! for crying out loud!! name of the mainstream personality theories that can do exact. … and beware.
…if you have the exceptional type of brain/intellect to ‘get’ this thing, (nothing too odd, just an insanely voracious curiosity, a very flexible intelligence and you enjoy trying out strange and new ways of looking at the world.. like the DowSprings and Friends of the Doctrine, once you start seeing the clarks and the scotts and the rogers in your world, you may very well not be able to not see them… lol
(after most has been said and done, the Wakefield Doctrine is concerned with how we relate ourselves to the world around us… )
have fun…take notes…ask questions
and so I, a clark, consider December 26th as the first day of the New Year…
We like people can’t help ourselves, can we? LOL
Great list Clark!
Congratulations on the video chat – and also on the linky. I hear through a few blogs that was a challenge for you guys.
Rollable eyes are very important. The eye roll is world over. No matter where you do it, everyone knows what it means. It’s a very useful tool. I use it a lot.
The dog is cute, but just the thought of him makes me stuffy.
Yes, I get up at 3 AM – so I know what you mean.
Longer days are great, I would agree. The more light the better – except when I’m trying to put the kids to bed and it’s still light out. Their argument – but it’s still daytime.
Sigh.
Thanks so much for this awesome hop! It was fun.
@Lisa
..the chat experiment was fun and holds up a great opportunity for the Doctrine (in the way the Saturday Night Drive Call-in works on a domestic basis) to go international in the house!
I may have said it elsewhere (like I can keep track anymore in the very cool, very-at-times-confusing virtual living room/car-on-road-trip/pick-a-nik social scene (lol)… the ideal would be to live in one of the Scandinavian countries like up where ClairePeek lives for the months of June through September and then move to Patagonia where Joan lives (you really should stop at her blog…v informatato!)
thanks for the linkation on our Grat Hop, Lisa! Hope to see you next week.
I must check out Ten Things of Thankful, and your video chat coming up! Looking forward to it, Clark!
@Michelle
yeah, the newest blog hop on ‘the circuit’ is cool for a couple of reasons, a)started and inspired by DownSpring Considerer… and 2) it is a perfect blog hop for the weekend, totally international…Considerer gets it started first thing GMT Sat and it runs through Sunday, that means you can start out first thing in the morning Saturday…but if your Saturday gets crazy it’s there for a Sunday morning thing. …and somehow, most likely due to the people who are participating in this hop people like Christine and Joy and Katia and them… there is a definite sense of ‘a conversation’ that develops due to the 2 day thing (the Posts tend to come in at a steady but slower-than-one-day hops)
…stay tuned for the first of the Video Call-In
Oh I love being a downspring and basking in the reflected Wakefield glory – I’m gonna be expanding Wakefield territory as soon as I get that Tee…
The ‘conversation’ is great, and I love that all the hoppers tend to post on each others’ blogs as well as in their hosts’ blogs (it’s a glorious mishmash of happiness)
@Considerer
yeah, that aspect, the slightly slower, more ‘conversational’ pace of the Posts (and attendant Comments) is what distinguishes Ten Things as a blog hop (and that pace works hand an glove with the two day-edness).