Morning all! Or maybe it is afternoon or evening in your geographic location.  Thought I would give our estimable Progenitor clark the day off.   My offering is a simple gesture.  “Gesture” perhaps being the operative word.  But save that for another day……words and vids now from yours truly, Downspring#1.   

…”rally round the family with a pocket full of shells”.  Brings a smile to my face just writing those words.  My significant other (SO) and I have enjoyed the music of Rage Against the Machine since their first release.  Bulls on Parade was yet another catchy (if not cathartic) song you just had to listen to loudly.  Anyway, one day while driving our 2 black labs to the park at the intra-coastal, this song came on the radio.  When it was over I made a comment to my SO to the effect that “wasn’t it odd they’re singing about seashells“?  My SO looked at me, smiled and waited.  Then he started to laugh.  “Wha-a-at?” I blondly asked.  He looked me in the eye and said “not those  kind of shells”  at which point I became hysterical with laughter myself.  Then I felt incredulous that I had been listening to this song for how long? without realizing it was referring to gun shells.  HOLY SHIT!  Could not have tried to perceive a thing so far from the reality of the thing if I tried.  (Note: cryptic clarklike sentence).  What the hell happened that my brain would “hear” words and interpret them in such a way?!  Would it make sense to know I have always loved the ocean and have copious amounts of shells in and around my abode from decades of beach walks?  Of course not!! 

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine, the theory of clarks,  scotts and rogers where it is stated and demonstrated that individuals perceive the world in one of three ways.  Mostly.  I won’t repeat the part about where at some point very early in life each of us chooses to perceive the world predominantly through the eyes of a clark, scott or roger.  Where am I going with this?  Perception.  How one perceives the  world, perceives a song or a movie is all about interpretation.  What influences interpretation? Why it is perception.  So, if one had available a simple outline that defined 3 ways in which to view the world then how simple life could be.  Except it is not.

Hey, just got back. Nursing a major cold and needed a brain break. Now with cup of tea in hand I am trying to coalesce my thoughts enough to get back on track, at least next to it.(sure)  Newcomers and or first time readers, this is your chance to start a new year with an absolutely unique and fun way to look at yourself and those around you.  If you can stand there, look in the Wakefield Doctrine mirror and identify yourself as either a clark, scott or roger, I can guarantee you that with a little open mindedness, creativity, gumption and work you can open a world of possibilities.  Huh.  Did I really just say that?  I seemed to have lost my train of thought but then did I not just say I was trying to get back on track?  Until next time.  Better go now as my brain is getting silly.  Hope you enjoy the music.  (Happy Birthday Maurice!)