Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
…where were we?
Would (it) be interesting to compare the content, if not the underlying intentions, of anyone inclined to take part in the pan-cultural practice of New Year’s Resolutions.(?)
Who just said, ‘Well, if your Doctrine is as useful a perspective on the world and the people who make it up, what can it tell us about how people might behave during this traditional time of reflection and projection?”
I have one more day before Thursday to complete our Wakefield Doctrine look at New Years and the tentacles of our past.
(to be cont’d)
Fine.
The subject of my report post today is…. (lol channeling imaginary memories* from Jr and Sr High School) what is New Year’s Eve from the perspective of the three predominant worldviews (aka the three personality types) of the Wakefield Doctrine?
Easy!
…No!, really its easy…. (Warning! Warning… False Bravado Alert, Stop before it’s too late!2)
For New Years Eve:
- rogers(Herd Members) they’ve never left the party… time is of secondary value to our rogerian brethren, as emotion is achronolgic, (as in, ‘immune to Time’). They will dress as all the other revelers and wait for Guy Lombardo to officiate (or Dick Clark or Iced T***) or whoever the current cultural figurehead of the Herd
- scotts(Predators) they enjoy the suspending of social norms historically a part of a New Year’s Eve celebration. Let ’em have five steps towards the door, just of this one time (lol)
- clarks(Outsiders) like a combination of watching the chimney from St. Peter’s Square, staying under the blankets until there is a non-you-generated sound that does not include: sonovabitch… crying or well, it was New Year’s Eve.
Thats it for today.
Tomorrow (New Years’ Eve day) will be a Six Sentence Story day.
(Hey! Just remember that, no matter what happens, the Wakefield Doctrine understands)
(From song frag this morning)
* that’s right, imaginary memories… we would submit that for all three personality types, ‘im-mems’ can be as ‘real’ and consequential as actual, look-I’ll-show-you-the-scar/paperwork/Polaroid recollections of past events… ‘ceptin clarks are the only ones, (of the three), emotionally and intellectually capable of acknowledging the duality** while maintaining, (hell, enhancing the potential of learning the secret)… because, as we all know, if you’re on the Outside, there is no quantifying the territory.1
** obviously a survival trait to those of us who live in the world of the Outsider(clarks)… after all, if the only thing truly important to us is to discover the information we lack/were-deprived-of/missed-that-day-in-class when it was taught, i.e. the knowledge imparted to scotts and rogers allowing them to live life as ‘a part of’.
*** lol (though I’me sure that can’t be any kind of original)
- it (the reality of the Outsider) is surely limitless
- Speaking of Warnings that come too late… there is a traditional warning we, as a courtesy, extend to New Readers, to the effect: If you’re enjoying this blog, then you are likely to read about clarks, scotts and rogers. That’s not the problem. Reading leads to understanding the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers to the point you, (the New Reader), will begin to identify the predominant worldview of the people in your world. That is still not the problem. If you persist in your studiesi, you may find yourself unable to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world. You have been warned.
i: the practical goal, or ambition, of those of us who include the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine in our every day world is to understand the ‘native language’ of the three personal realities that make up this here personality theory here… big job. However, like any language, there is an inherent problem with translation from one (personal) reality to the other. Speaking only for myself, I can offer: fresh snow, ice-crust snow and ‘damn, won’t this ever melt snow. Surely that is far less encyclopedic than a clark living north of the Arctic Circle.
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My New Year’s Eve tries to include a nap before they start the doggone noise making because, blast it, i have to go to work in the morning!
Absolutely, once seen, never again not seen lol
agreed!
Imaginary memories–interesting ponder, as they seem entirely real and TRUE…until maybe they get proved otherwise. Since what we observe with our eyes, ears–and then factor in thoughts and feelings/emotions–and then factor in Time, both years and the process of maturity–our brain must look like those old telephone operators’ board…where they plugged in one line, removed another, trying to keep all the “parties” connected properly….maybe I need food :) “One ringy-dingy”…
So here’s my question: do the folks who are “all about me”/themselves typically fit into one of the 3 categories (Clarks, Rogers, Scotts)–or do they show up in All of ’em? I’ll spare you the backstory to my question :) And in case I don’t see you at Midnight, I (along with Bedelia & Co) wish you the Best of the New Year–health, happiness, and all the good rest of it :) I’ll be having a bit of champagne and plenty of food :)
This is true (about the imaginary memories)… good thing they’re imaginary!
Good Doctrine Question. the short answer is rogers. the proper answer (and most useful for the full enjoyment of the perspective our little personality theory makes available) involves ‘the Everything Rule’.
One reason rogers are often accused of being self-centered is that their reality is that of the Herd. (Reminder: the reason the Doctrine is not on the minds of everyone in the world is that it requires an effort to …imagine. Seriously. We used to use the term ‘flexible intelligence’ to characterize those who come here, read and stay (laughing and going ‘whoa!’ in response to the world that is on the far end of the view from said personality theory). So, when we say rogers live in a world of the Herd Member that implies the metaphor of herds… where individuals identify with then many…
rogers are like the rest of us, we look to get through life the best we can, but when you’re of a herd, how do you distinguish yourself? by identifying yourself as the (relative) center of the herd. And… to do that involves a seriously large supply of personal pronouns* so the metaphor of the Herd is essential… and, in a way literal (which is why the Doctrine requires imagination and willingness to see the world in ways that might seem silly but totally return a benefit)
where was I? lol
Have an excellent chono-annular-transition yourownself…. and we’ll see you on campus (aka the blogosphere)
* one way to help identify the predominant worldview of a person is to listen for the type (and quantity of pronouns)… clarks tend towards third impersonal pronouns, us, we, them; scotts to direct: you…. hey! you. and rogers… me, I (‘how else can I say this except it begins with me….’) lol
Thanks for your answers…I’m still finding the whole doctrine deal difficult–equally like Math, History, Geography, Science (I only excelled in English, no surprise I’m sure :) )