Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Once a simple list-format, grat-themed bloghop, the TToT has thrived and survived since it’s creation in late Spring 1957. (photo at top of ’57 Strat*). So, now as we end our 35th year in circulation, ww invite one and all to come, read and, heck, write yourself a list of Ten things that inspire gratitude and link that darlin’ right on up. (If you have any question just go ahead and ask! We have six co-hostinae who not only will answer your questions but will, in all likelihood inveigle upon to accept a seat on the Board of Hostinae/um.
1) Phyllis
2) Una
3) the Wakefield Doctrine
4) the curious empowerment of a specific and consciously-created myth, aka superstition (quick example in Grat Seven ‘Hey, we went long on the referential grat thing. Head down to #8)
5) the Unicorn Challenge. pick of the Week
6) the Six Sentence Story. pick of the Week
7) ProTip: sometimes people be all, ‘That’s a long list, suppose I can’t come up with Ten things? What then?” Well, then you’re a failure in life and should rip up your modem cert, ya know?” Ha ha. Look at what you made us do! We got so clever with that old-school device, ‘the ProTip’ schtick, that we stepped on our original witicisa, but, what-the-heck, there’s a better than even chance you haven’t made it this far down this post.
8) anyways… had we been more disciplined, we would have mentioned, germane to the image at the top, that we have not touched a musical instrument since hitting ‘Publish’ on the first Doctrine blog post. Won’t take the chance. A long story but, better safe than sorry. Well lookie there! Grat #9
9) something, something
10) Secret Rule 1.3
* ‘ocaster not ‘ovarius (ha ha)
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#8… you are wrong, master Weaver, not to touch your beautiful guitar… it never was and never is a competition of the most articulate, awesome riff… we westerners have clothed the sacred act of playing music in such foreign garment… connect with your music and guitar, even if for a short time. Immense, unseen benefits.
But then again, what do I know?
typically, I have presented an idea/thought experiment with insufficient support evidence/preliminary experimental results but then again, life is a Rorschach not a multiple choice exam (despite what the culture would have us believe
the metaphor (or anagram or thesis whatever the correct greco-roman label might be) has to do with motivation (to ‘art’) as opposed to application. Suffice to say, I took up music for the wrong reason. …the late ’60s and 70s. ha ha
I was capable but lacked the one quality that arguably is the only essential quality…. passion. I played ’cause the life I saw around me appeared to put a value on that ability
…the Doctrine, on the other hand!
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Ever wonder why I refer to myself as the Curator (of the Wakefield Doctrine) and not creator or author or whatever linguistic form of rubbing flanks in the middle of the biggest meadow in the world?
damn! outa time (But I will stand by the ‘art without passion is simply a bear riding a unicycle to the applause from the audience outside the caged ring’ for the time being.) If truth be told (there’s a line suitable to late night negotiations!) I never tire of talking/writing about the Wakefield Doctrine in general and it’s effects on my timeline specifically