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

Hey, interesting reprint.

(Uncharacteristically) what say we leave it at that?

…unless I get some music in my head

…way to not-do the uncharacteristication

oh well,

‘…of maps and territories, when you get down to it, reality simply is where you were’ the Wakefield Doctrine ‘Road Trope 2013’ (…slight de-briefing)

March 20, 2013

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

Back from ‘Road Trope 2013’. (We apologize for the poor sound quality. What the gentleman with the Wakefield Doctrine hat (on his damn head) is saying is, “by Right of hat…I claim this as property of the Wakefield Doctrine. …Paul is dead”)

And, as any clark will recognize, (and tell you, directly and/or indirectly), a personal experience, good or bad, doesn’t do anyone any good until it can be shared. Readers of the clarklike persuasion will know this intuitively, however, for the benefit of any scotts or rogers out there, we say: (this sentiment) speaks volumes about the worldview of clarks. You would not be unreasonable to wonder, ‘why is that? isn’t it enough that you had the experience? Of course, we would love to hear about it, but surely it is not necessary in order for you to enjoy the travel?’
Well, that would be, in fact, a normal reaction for a scott or a roger. Because their worldviews, that of the Predator(scotts) and the Herd Member(rogers), do not have the oddly intimate relationship with others that is the secret hallmark of the clarklike personality type. What the hell are we saying? Well, I’m glad you asked!

clarks, as everyone knows, live in a reality that is characterized as that of the Outsider. Not just: strange, weird, shy, quiet, off-putting but in a nice way, hardworking, loner, if-only-you-would-make-an-effort-not-to-be-so-different-you-could-be-happy, you-have-so-much-to-offer-why-do-you-have-to-be-so… but simply not ‘a part of’. So what, in this rather clearly defined worldview, accounts for what we are calling an ‘oddly intimate’ relationship with others?

It is the fact, that for a clark, an experience isn’t ‘really real’ until it is shared with another.
No, stop! I did not say that an experience is dependent on sharing with another person (so, why would you go and think that?) and I did not say that clarks need to share their experiences with others (although there is a certain element of that in this concept) and I did not say that clarks want to share what they are or what they do with: family or friends or the people at work or the other tourists (and yes, we will end up saying that that is exactly what clarks strive to do).
The ‘intimate relationship’ that clarks have with the world around them is a function of their status as an Outsider. We use the adjective (and possibly adverb) ‘intimate’ quite deliberately.
What happens for a clark, when telling the folks back home, at the job (‘…you were on vacation?‘) or in Home Room (‘…hey! somebody said you had mono!’) is intimate in all senses of the word.

It is intimate because for a clark to do something deliberately, like a road trip, starts with an idea and is developed and nurtured and perfected. If you read the Comments from Readers in the last Post you will see interesting characteristics that are in common among them

Making an experience ‘really real’ by sharing it with others is necessary because most clarks (and scotts and rogers with sufficiently strong clarklike secondary aspects*) are creative. And one of the understated requirements of genuine creativity is that one must live in a world in which the real and un-real mingle. The imaginary (“...if only she would talk to me, I know I could ask her out“) and real (“…this interview has to lead to a job offer“) are part of the landscape for all clarks each day they wake up (and is there for scotts and rogers when distracted or driven to distraction).
All of this is to say, since clarks cannot assume to share with others, the other members of the pack (like scotts do) or the other members of the herd (like them rogers), it becomes necessary to reach out to the world and by doing so let the world see what you see. If this is not an example of being intimate, then I don’t know what is.

Hey! I went to Winslow Arizona… come join me (lol, I’m a clark… that you were standing there with me is as real as only clarks can know…)