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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 5, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

Simplest, (arguably most useful), result of adopting the perspective the Wakefield Doctrine? In terms of the events of the day to come, (vis á vis our interaction with the world around us and the people who make it up.)

There are three realities possible for all of us. Therefore how others act (and react) is made understandable in one of these three predominant worldviews.

It’s Monday morning!!

clarks (the Outsider) “Oh well, even the most determined wish for an alternative more/less advantageous outcome to our efforts today, to learn the thing that everyone else seems to know, it’s best to get out there and keep tryin'”
scotts (the Predator) “Allll right!! Night survived… quiet now, catch ’em by surprise!”
rogers (the Herd Member) “Ah… a day of opportunity, a time to hone our understanding and spread the word about the Right Way”

there ya go.

Encounter an obstacle later this morning? Try on the three views-of-the-world above. One of them will tell you how the other person, (the obstacle), is experiencing your world (at that) moment. Use the insight wisely.

There is not a situation possible that, seeing through the eyes of another, cannot be improved with the slightest of effort.

Full Disclosure: By ‘slightest of efforts’ we mean really, really, no, seriously, really difficult, to actually do. And the reason? That’s gonna aggravate some Readers, makes others laugh and, unless they move on to something more familiar, piss off others. The key to this effort is to accept that there is more to the world than what you know.

But, the Doctrine is fun, too! Find a roger (or a scott or a clark) in your life today and, if you’ve done enough reading to know the characteristics of the three, you will find yourself thinking, “Hey This is a set up! They must’ve read that Doctrine thing.”

WARNING: If you can recognize the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world? There’s a very good chance you will become unable to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your life. lol

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 4, 2025 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Following is a list of the people, places, things and events that caused, suggested, inspired and otherwise contributed to an experience of feeling gratitude.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Unicorn Challenge

5) lots of yard (and a variety in the ecosystem) to suggest projects to enhance the pleasurable interaction

6) guest video

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) warmification (perceived temperature outdoors beginning to establish a ‘Not too fricken’ cold’ experience) and finish this clean-up:

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (New Readers: You know you want to ask. Go ahead! Ask away.)

music vid

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Friday ‘corn -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 3, 2025 By clarkscottroger 11 Comments

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

This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Unicorn Challenge bloghop.

A word-count constrained imagination contest* hosted by jenne and ceayr, the prompt is an image and the only limit is ‘tell your story in under 250 words’

“shh”

“What the hell?!”

“Did I not just say, be quiet?”

“Well, if you want to take that tone, no, no you did not. You made a noise traditionally used with young children and certain breeds of dog. Besides being completely devoid of vowels, which I suspect limits the number of syllables it can claim, it is kinda rude.”

“Fine. Have it your way.”

{The experience of the passage of time was, for Mankind, the first clue to the existence of the spiritual. The subjective nature of this perspective pretty much guaranteed the eventual development of quantum physics}

“Where am I. Why can’t I see. And, are you holding my hand?!?!”

“With me. Don’t know, though I suspect: a) a state of pre-existence or 2) in a particularly vivid dream, though the distinction might be problematic. Yes, I thought it would help.”

“What do we do? Hey, wait a minute, did you drug my drink?”

“This isn’t the worst thing. I most assuredly did not, deliberately.”

“What?”

“I don’t know why, but maybe you should try accepting the fact that we both find ourselves in a situation that I’m pretty sure will not be resolved or, for that matter, in any way improved by getting angry.”

“Alright. I’ll wait it out. Leave me to my efforts to accept the situation. I can’t imagine how things could get worse.”

“…. be careful what you wish for. I think the world is re-forming and it sounds silly but do you smell cardboard?”

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [a Café Six]

April 30, 2025 By clarkscottroger 14 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise, governed by a sole rule: exactly six sentences in length must stories be.

Previously…

Prompt word:

IMPRESSION

“Gimme a light, will ya?”

There are many forms of intimacy, some so common as to become cliché, predominantely manifesting in forms emotional and/or physical; however, like great music these intimacies can be surprisingly resistant to the degradation of repetition, the favorite line of a song or a chorus sung, retains the magic.

While it is said that nature abhors a vacuum, more instructive in the context of our story, is that nature also loathes predictability as is demonstrated in a nighttime encounter between the Sophomore and Rosetta Storme; their moment of shared intimacy began with the illumination of the young woman’s face by the flame of a zippo lighter: hair held back casually with one hand, she offered the end of her cigarette to the flame; her head was tilted down, he remained more erect (in stance) and the steadiness of his hand, a timeless emblem of confidence and strength nevertheless serving to accentuate her strategy of using one hand for her hair leaving the other free to lightly touch his hand holding the lighter.

There was a giving and receiving, offering and acceptance inherent in the rhythm of this midnight minuet; the shadows of her face, darkly alive impressions and depressions, a landscape anchored by the essential features, her eyes and her lips, their lack of words speaking volumes.

The flame of the lighter danced about in the dark, once a certain proximity is attained fire it leaps towards the end of the cigarette; for her the moment of ignition is accompanied by an intake of breath as he watches and waits for her to look up, a signal of both satisfaction and approval. He closes his light with a firm snap, the flame extinguished for the moment but at the ready.

“Hey, thanks,” Rosetta tosses her head back and to the side, her hair a tsunami of intent and a wave of soundless celebration,

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 29, 2025 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

As often happens, a Reader will write a Comment that is, like, a total essay question (minus the stomach-wrenching anxiety, of course).

Today we thank Misky for, what’s the technical phrase in rhetoric? Teeing one up

…(I assume I’m permitted 2): Do Scotts get on with other Scotts, or do we try killing each other in the sandbox?

Good Question.

Answer in three words: pack ranking and hunting grounds.

lol

New Readers! the most helpful insight into learning this here personality theory here is contained in, ‘the Everything Rule’. Simply put, ‘everyone does everything, at one time or another’. Less simply: there is nothing in the common shared-reality experience that is exclusive to one or another of the three predominant worldviews. Least simple: the experience of (this) manifestation is shaped by the observed but interpreted by the observer.

ProTip: the manner/style/nature of the manifestation of anything is a reflection of the character of the individual’s (personal) reality. Knowing one totally helps in anticipating the other. …and vice versa.

Now back to the question. scotts do not try to kill one and other, in or out of the sandbox. Of the three social/behavioral metaphors deployed by the Wakefield Doctrine, the interactions among scotts (Predator) is the simplest to understand.

Essential to the social experience of a scott is ranking. We’re all familiar with this concept among most animals that manifest social order as a pack. Wolves and dogs are the most accessible (and fun) to cite.

Interesting thing about ranking: it’s a process not an award or station or office or any other static thing. It is an on-going dynamic among scotts.

Critical thing about ranking: placement in the ranking order is not personal nor is it a judgement of the individual. We once asked our friend, Bernadine about this. Being a clark our question took the form: “When you find out that among other contemporary scotts not alpha, is it hard to accept?” She laughed her most excellent laugh and said, “No! Of course not! Ranking is about order in the pack, not a judgement of the person.”

Also, the process is elemental to the social paradigm. It is ongoing. There is nothing about killing or damaging the other person. It’s actually not overly personal. It is, however, essential to a scott to know where they stand among their people.

This also provides us with a way we can detect a scott in a social gathering.

(Lets answer Misky’s implied question: Outside of the hypothetical gathering of scotts, how do they behave when encountering clarks and rogers)

You ever attend a social function, a say party or a mixer or a break in the schedule of a convention or, even a family reunion/picnic and see the person that is moving from group to group? (Better to say, they move about the social environment and cause others to gather around them.) There’s your scott.

In any/every situation, the first thing a scott does is engage in ranking. Not only with other scotts. Everyone. Now, unlike our photo at the top of the post, violent behavior, ritual or otherwise, is not the key. The point is to establish dominance/submissiveness. So a scott will engage everyone and push them on the shoulder. Usually figuratively, though not necessarily.

What is important is to find out if the other person pushes back or not.

…running out of time, real quick: the Wakefield Doctrine is gender neutral.

Sure, a scottian female may choose not to physically push the other person on the shoulder. (Speaking as a native of Y Chromia, we can hope. lol.

However they (scottian females) will, nevertheless, challenge all others at our hypothetical gathering. They will establish their ranking. For the moment.

Multiple scotts (at a gathering)? They will divide the territory. They will almost always hunt alone.

Hope this helps!

Remind us to address the question: “ok, that makes sense. What about clarks and rogers? How does competition manifest with (and between) Outsiders and Herd Members? What about that?

Lets get a scott out here for a closing tune: