the Wakefield Doctrine

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

At the mid-week point. Couple of draft Sixes to slap a coat of allegory-pink on*. But what say we take some time this Wednesday and do our job¹.

A couple of comments from Reader Cai is most helpful.

I guess clarks are too orderly to do abstract art paintings. They’ll make good wall painters.

Let’s begin with the basics:

• clarks are those who grow up in a world in which they are the Outsider. they know two things: 1) everyone else apparently knows three things, i.e. ‘How to be a part of’ (the other two don’t matter all that much).
• scotts relate to the world as does your average, everyday Predator: running!! on the alert for greater predators and happy to run to where fresh prey might be hanging out, waiting for some excitement in theys lives
• rogers grow up knowing that the world is quantifiable and the most important enumerator is the number of members of their Herd, everything else simply reinforces that

So these are the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine.

To make learning simpler (and more fun) it helps to think of the personality types as relationships.

Rather than wonder, ‘What are the traits and drives, inclinations and tropism of each of the three?’ It’s simpler (and more fun) to ask: “How does an Outsider (clark) relate to the world around them. What does the world seem to be?” or “Assuming I’m a Predator (scott) what do I see (in my mind’s eye) when I’m standing in the line at the supermarket?” and, to round out the three, “If I’m a Member of the Herd, (a roger) how do I feel about my job, my boss, my place in the world?”

How we relate ourselfs to the world around us determines the nature and quality of our personal reality (aka ‘the world’)

And….and!! Don’t forget about the Everything Rule (‘Everyone does everything at one time or another’).

So to the observation that started us off today,  let us break it down:

• are clarks too orderly?
• if a clark were to think to paint an abstract painting (Everything Rule says that all three might take to mind to be a painter of abstract painting) how would it be received?
• would, all things being equal, clarks be ‘good’ wall painters

wellll….

no/the Art World would hate it (at first, until the clark died or something and left room for a roger to try)/absolutely….not! (lol) sure, they could be ok. but in the relationship that puts acquirng unique insights into the world, perforce mandating as great a variety of input as possible… errr not so much.

Hope this helps!

(Yes. The Scarecrow is a clark. The Tin Man a roger, Which leaves the Cowardly Lion… you guessed it! a scott.)

ProTip: the primary characteristic of a scott is not actually bravery or courage. The primary characteristic is agresiveness. Act first, ask questions later.

* no, we have no idea what that’s supposed to mean lol

1) as Curator of the Wakefield Doctrine, our primary function (as we imagine the role is played in the ‘real’ world) is to suggest certain exhibits, perhaps provide some supporting background information, i.e. “Why yes, the wooly mammoths were indeed quite… Take a guess why?” and “Absolutely! That is what makes the Hottentots so hot!”