Month: May 2019 | the Wakefield Doctrine

Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…of branded clothing, clarks and learning the language of other realities”

May 6, 2019 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

This weekend’s Wakefield Doctrine call-in* was especially fun. In attendance: Denise, Cynthia and none other than (the Progenitor) roger.

As you would imagine, the topics were varied and diverse. They included:

living at college in the 1970s and the 1990s (me and Cynthia respectively)
the Wakefield Doctrine¹
writing, in general and writing an idea for a time travel story
it, courtesy of a dream involving friend of the Doctrine, Molly, The ‘hook’ of being awoken by the ringing of my cell phone (the aforementioned Molly calling to see what happened to me from the ‘previous evening’) and discovering that I was in my college dorm room in 1973. I could get calls from ‘the future’ but I was still in 1973 and, as we all know, cell phone batteries don’t last forever. (ed.note. “I’m still waiting for my skills to catch up to the idea. The plot is, like, amazing. But, as we all know, and was, in fact part of our discussion this Saturday past, ‘Ideas are easy, execution is the hard part’.
the nature of the three predominant worldviews and the challenge of getting far enough into the reality of ‘the other two’ in order to better appreciate the differences
…this appreciation being the foundation of the ultimate utility of our little personality theory, which is to develop all three aspects within ourselfs
Doctrine branded clothing and such… the first thing we did, back in the before-time, was to have hats made (‘for your damn heads‘). This served two purposes: a) proudly display an affiliation with the greatest insight into personality and dealing with the world and the people who make it up and 2) to identify our predominate worldview (note in the photos, one of the three is stitched in red) then came tee shirts and the last item, (and personal favorite), a college sweatshirt.

Lets see some photation:

There are other examples, since this is a convenient, electronic blog, click on ‘THIS LINK’ and you can see examples of Doctrine clothing (and the people wearing it).

* on the homepage…. upper right, is a phone number and basic instructions

1. the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on personality, reality and the people who make up our lives. As a perspective, the Wakefield Doctrine is simply a tool, not an Answer. That being said, as a tool, it is useful, effective and a whole lot of fun.

The basics: we are, all of us, born with the capacity to experience the world in one of three characteristic ways. As an Outsider (clarks), a Predator (scotts) or a Herd Member (rogers). At an early age we ‘settle’ into one of these three ‘predominant worldviews’. We find ourselfs in the world of the Outsider, Predator or Herd Members and proceed to develop our personalities. Here the Doctrine diverts from the model of your everyday personality theories. Rather than fit you into a category on the basis of observed behavior and thereby assigning you a personality type, the Doctrine be sayin: Observe the other person (or yourself) which of the three worldviews is most…. congruent with the style of interaction?’ Is the person (or are you) ‘…Staying on the fringes, doing things way different, but out of the immediate spotlight?‘ ‘Does it look like that person (hey! are you) ‘…looking for a good time… impatiently watching for something to run away or charge you?’ or, how about, ‘Are they everywhere and giving off a friendly vibe and yet, not overly welcoming?’

That is how we do Sunday Supplement Personality Tests (Sunday Supplement Personality Tests motto: “Honey/Homey! Come here, you’ve got to take this test. It has you down to a ‘T‘”)

Enough for today.

Gonna try to write more on this topic in the coming days.

(Yes, everyone has one and only one predominant worldview. We do not lose the capacity to experience the world as ‘the other two’ but thats for a post on self-improving ourselfs.)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine

May 4, 2019 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Chodsky Pes caught on film, breaking the time barrier. (If you click on the link you’ll come to a google search image page. Scroll down to row 19)

Each week, our host, Kristi, throws open the (metaphorical) shutters and sits out on the front porch (still metaphorically), and welcomes all, (very definitely, literally) who would come to share their experiences with gratitude. A-chronologically*, of course. Not that that’s a bad thing, it is most-decidedly a good thing.

So, stop in and read the adventures of life as related by a group of fascinating and highly skilled writers …and us, here at the Wakefield Doctrine (…can I get a ‘Barum Bump!’?)

1) Phyllis

2) Una

At work

3) ‘Before’ photo of garden

4) Garden suggestions. As Readers from last summer might recall, the ‘Una garden’ was fun. What with getting to dig and move dirt from place-to-place and, even with the tying yellow strings for the toe-mah-tow plants. And, the Squash from Outer Space, that actually almost got in the house! No, serially… let me show you. (Next Item… I mean, hey, I didn’t start writing TToT posts yesterday!)

5) ~~After photo of garden~~ The Squash from Outer Space

The Squash from Outer Space!!
(Landscape perspective)
The devious squash (from Outer Space) holds its broad leaves upwards, assumedly towards the sun, to gather light, how charming, how beauty-of-nature is that?
What doesn’t show is the garden, about ten feet out-of-frame to the right. The garden where it was planted. Obviously this leafy monstrosity has ambitions that are not served by living with its kind, in a well-maintained garden.
Oh, and in case you’re thinking, “Why how beautiful is the ways of nature, reaching for life.” This type of squash is, essentially a vine. And, in the ten feet (or more) between the garden and where it shows its leafy claws, there’s no sign of a vine. Thats correct, it tunneled under the grass and then the deck, before springing up.

Later that day.

6) Beta Readers I’m at the stage of writing Almira where its time to let go and see how Readers react to this story. Thanks out to all who have offered to read my book.

7) the Rite of Hat (and the Treaty of Tordasillas) which put simply says, “If you take, have, cause-to-be-taken a photograph of yourself in front of a building, city, landscape and/or national park then its yours.”

the Wakefield Doctrine at Bryce Canyon, Utah

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE

9) Blog spotlight of the Week: Messy Mimi Meanderings (ask her about Boudreaux and Thibodeaux a lot of fun these characters are)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (You know, you’re done! If you don’t feel grateful at that realization then you seriously need to re-write that bad boy.)

* Doctrine Fact-ette! In the world of the Herd Members (rogers) the world manifests a-chronologically. Which means, for the rest of us** time is not necessarily linear and/or one way only. The reasons are multiple (and really quite interesting) but staying in footnote mode, we’ll just say, “What part of ‘reality as an emotional matrix’ did you miss in your reading? What do you mean, ‘What reading?!!'” lol…

** clarks and scotts

music vid

https://player.vimeo.com/video/260364879

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A Six Sentence Storey -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 2, 2019 By clarkscottroger

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Six Sentence Story

Denise is Host

Rules: use the prompt word, keep it to six sentences.

Prompt word:

STABLE

Sitting at the bar that divided the lounge from the strip club half at my friend Lou’s place, I lit the first cigarette of the day, prompting my lungs to pick a fight with my brain.

Someone opened the street-side door and early morning sunlight stumbled into the comfortably dim lounge like a high school cheerleader squad dropped into a field triage during the second half of the Normandy Landings.

Dinner with my wife Haley the night before was intended as a quiet discussion of the ground rules for a trial separation. I began to have second thoughts about my pick of restaurants when the newest dancer at the Bottom of the Sea Strip Club and Lounge, a nice enough girl with the imaginative stage name of Kandi Labra, started shouting, “I’m working my way through graduate school, ya jerk, so hands off!”

Seeing my wife’s beautiful left eyebrow move upwards, like the blinding glint of a saber clearing it’s scabbard, I stood up enough to identify the target of Kandi’s impromptu defense as being a full partner at her law firm.

As a conciliatory gesture and to restore a sense of balance to our evening, I refrained from pointing this out and, instead, concentrated on finding a path through an evening that was rife with marital pungi traps and claymore mines, viewing survival as the only true victory.