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

Tuesday.

If the three predominant worldviews have a favorite day of the week, (as opposed to having a day of the week that is most congruent with their respective realities), today is enjoyed most by clarks.

New Readers: The three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine (what other, less-fortunate wanderers may think of as ‘personality types’) are:

1. clark(Outsider) Chances are you think you understand this personality type, are certain which among the people who make up your world are one, but wouldn’t exactly throw everything down on the ground to go spend time with*
2. scott(Predator) Wagers are fun, odds are the spice on the rewards. But, enough of the tangled words that stick a body’s feet to the ground and cloud the vision. The world today is filled with rewards and excitement, risks and life-affirming setbacks.
3. roger(Herd Member) Chance and risk are meant to be calculated. This is not to make anything more certain than it already is, but to reaffirm the nature of the world (and the people who support it). Our days are like the lettering done by medieval monks, illustrated in precious metal inks, the thoughts of the reader are with the writer, not the author.

All right! Enough of the clarklike introspection. Now, what the heck was that asteroid, up at the top, there for? lol Can’t remember!

Anyway. Today a quick response to a thoughtful comment from Friend of the Doctrine, Mimi:

If everyone were in the herd, where would the new thinking come from? We all have a place.

Tru dat. And what an irresistible prompt for an insight into the Everything Rule! Will keep this short. Questions, comments, elaboration? Have at it in the comments.

The Everything Rule reminds us that all three worldviews are capable of being creative. (OK, let’s put it this way: All three have the capacity for creativity). However, how that creativity manifests is not only different for each, (of the three), it is shaped by the reality (of that worldview).

• clarks are Outsiders. If, for the purposes of this post, we define true creativity as bringing into existence something that is new and unprecedented, where would a body have to go to get it?
• scotts are Predators. It is arguable that creativity is the observation and appreciation of ‘the unique’. Therefore such a thing must be pretty good at hiding among the mostly, not-unique, world. It would help to have a person inclined not only to hunt, but to run down and capture.
• rogers are Herd Member. Often the word creativity is attached to a novel assembly of everyday parts, ideas, words and such. Surely the predominant worldview most adept and at home with the everyday and common would be the first to stumble upon: next year’s, NEW! IMPROVED! 2.001 iteration of the already wildly popular model.

lol (that oughta separate the clarks and strong-secondary aspect clarks from the random visitors)