Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
‘A change both for the former tree and the earth that gave it meaning. One moves on, the other remains, subtly changed forever.’
Lets go for brevity
1) the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool for self-improving oneself. If for no other reason it is predicated on the notion that we, all of us, live in a reality that is personal. (Nothing weird or spacey, just personal… as in: my perspective does not create the entire world (the world in common, the world ‘out there’) it does, however, impart values, emphasis and, like the blue-and-red cardboard 3D glasses that we used to get back in the day, to see Thirteen Ghosts, (the original, not the recent version with Tony Shalhoub and the always excellent Matthew Lillard), you put them on and your see the ghosts. Of course the ghosts are there all along, the glasses allow you to see them. Perspective is a lot like cardboard 3D glasses. (cont’d Item 3).
2) Josie Two Shoes. Proprietoress of this here bloghop here. The doors are always open, the lights are on ever weekend, without fail. Thanks, J
3) So, you know how we suggest the best way to determine your own predominant worldview? What?! You don’t?! Welll You learn the descriptions of the three worldviews, the Outsider(clarks), the Predator(scotts) and the Herd Member(rogers) well enough to allow viewing the world through the perspective of each of the three. The view that is least blurry is your predominant worldview. The cool thing is, you have, with the aid of the Wakefield Doctrine, access to two additional pair of cardboard 3D glasses. Get them and you can see the world as ‘the other two’* experience. The amazing thing is that you will find you are able to cope with the worlds of the other two. Maybe not smoothly or automatically at first, but with practice? Definitely. I’ll refer you to one Lizzi Lewis and Cynthia Calhoun. They’ve experienced this. Of course, both are exceptional woman-people, so maybe they’re not the most impartial. But it’s true.
4) Una because she reminds me that today is the only real day there is.
Una surveys the surrounding woods. The broad expanse of flat, green(ish) lawn remains peaceful and un-trodden, little suspecting the presence of the balls, one blue and fiercely dense, the other large and disposed to identifying with the flat earth.
They both bide their time accepting the fact full self-actualization lies with the vigilant dog, who in turn delays her own enjoyment in deference to duty.
5) Phyllis ya know?
6) The Six Sentence Story is a bloghop that we recommend. It’s a fun way to sharpen your wordage skills. No, seriously, not to make it sound like work or some kind of writing class or something. Well, kinda is, but the big difference is it’s a comfortable, totally supportive environment. I’m like almost always reading a Six by say, Pat or Val or Paul and sit back and think, ‘How did they manage to do that?!’ And then you try to imitate it for your own Six and ain’t nobody be in your face with ‘Copycat! Go get yer own words!’ lol Nope, not even once.
7) The Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) (inquire within) At least on Item is brevitic.
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (Any new Reader or random visitor, like what you see? Want to participate? Have only one of two Grat Items? Fret no more! Send them in as a Comment and they’ll totally be placed here with full attribution.)
9) Sunday Supplement: ‘Instability and the Beast’
“The Beast begins to make his bid for freedom…”
“Employing a very risky vaulting maneuver, the Beast attains the edge of freedom…”
“A sleeping captor is no captor at all…”
“Embracing the power of instability, the Beast heads to the car in the enclosure. Every bit a God to the formerly earth-bound Beast, the wheeled vehicle awaits in the canvas cathedral.”
“To walk or to drive, that is the question. The top of the earth is both freedom and restriction to the Beast.””
10) SR 1.3
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* example: I’m a clark. ‘the other two’ are scott and roger
About clarkscottroger
Another Kansas song! A great band founded minutes from my house here in the lovely state capitol…and that’s as close to the talent or action as I can claim. I can’t believe that was 1976. That is a frighteningly long time ago and yet feels like yesterday.
it is across the chasm of a lifetime… and I can still see me (from inside my head to the inside of my head back then)…. too fast yo
In the spirit of brevity – your pictorial description. Applies to people as well.
This is true
OMG. 13 Ghosts. I certainly remember that movie and the hype that went with it. I, of course, had to take the glasses on and off so I could compare the screen. 3D – miraculous. Una knows the world – today is the only day there is.
That was such an example of the price of bravado, enthusiasm for technology (3D movies) totally overcoming my better judgement of the last negative effect of the movie.. scared me for quite a while (or rather, the movie provided special effects for the caldera of fear and anxiety that made up my childhood… lol
That is quite the stump! Removing that was a real accomplishment!
yes… it took (the final phase as illustrated in the photos) took me maybe three hours this morning. A very enjoyable feeling of accomplishment.
I’m a little late in getting here. All the weekend long: coursework. Good coursework. I’m like…in the flow. Hmm…I have a theory that clarks, probably more than any other worldview, know what it’s like to be “in the flow” most of all: that creative, euphoric state that generates ideas and the brain is on…fie-yah!
Ha!
#8 (from up there): TWD, Girlie on the Edge, Phyllis, Una, and shoutouts – good things all wrapped into #8.
That stump up there looked to be some seriousss bizness! Holy moly. Don’t tell me you were in your nice work pants and oxford shirt, though. Hahaha.
Hope you had a great weekend! When I come up for air, I’ll call in to the show. :)
ha, indeed… lol (a more limited example of what I think you’re referring to is the subject of a conversation the other day about the Una garden. The person said, ‘Cool, you must have artistic ability’ to which I said, after thinking, ‘no, actually not’. The other person is a clark I’ve just started to tell about the Doctrine, so I said, ‘No. But the trick is to not think. I had the image of the garden in my head and fortunately I had the time to cut out the outlines before I could think about how tricky or difficult it would be.’ That’s kinda what we do and maybe everyone (scotts and rogers) do, but we get to know it (besides doing it). lol
Wow! You really got a workout, or did you and Phyllis take turns? Glad the fence is still standing. I imagine some of the roots were heading under that fence.
I love your #9 picture story and the title is clever indeed! Will we be hearing more about the adventures of the beast, and of course with more pictures? “Canvas cathedral” good one!
Such an on task dog to “delay her own enjoyment in deference to duty.”
Thanks again for the shout outs you give to me and so many fellow bloggers. Of course that just makes me strive harder, by trial and by error.
I was standing in the hole and thinking about photos and a narrative and I had to laugh at the image… standing in a hole with a cell phone. It was fun.]]
Ye Phyllis and Una provided the support and reinforcement for the stump project.