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August 17, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

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

Hosted by jenne and ceayr, it is part writing exercise and part TAT (with, being the digital age, a touch of Hermann R’s Kool-aid). But it’s fun and …well, satisfying. You oughta join in this week, It’s easy! This is the prompt image. Write a story with les than 250 words in it, go to the link and hook in.

On with ‘the show:

“You’re just foolin’ me again, Grampa.”

“I’ll have you know that I would never deceive my only grandchild.” Cognitive assessments for the very young are not yet able to measure the sophistication allowing appreciation of the cynical italics he placed on, ‘my only grandchild’. If there were, the notation in the test results would be whatever words replicated the giggle that followed.

“Now I know you’re just jokin’ me.”

The two sat on the low concrete wall. Well, one was picked up and set-down with the sense of fun less appreciated by mother than son; the other sat with the slow care of a pensioner counting coins in his monthly change jar.

“When you look out your bedroom window at night, how far can you see?”

The curious shift in topic had the desired effect; the boy’s eyes lit up in foreshadow of his reaction to the question.

“What you see is not forever-far away. What you see is the other side of Time, where everyone we’ve loved have gone to wait for us.”

“Now I know you’re foolin’.” Another, under-assessed quality of the young human mind, is appreciation of metaphor. Some parents fear the imaginary friends or whimsical excuses for chores missed; the very old and the still-quite young revel in it.

Reverie, a state of being that issues passports more to the immature and the elderly, imbued the lighthouse with a glow of excitement and purpose.

“There you two are! I hope he hasn’t tired you out, Dad.”

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…before our main Feature, a little diversion.”

August 7, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

One of the things we, (Cynthia, Denise and yours truly), discussed last Saturday evening was the peculiar perception/experience of Time on the part of clarks.

***We interrupt this introduction with an un-necessary RePrint post. We were certain we lacked the time this morning to write an original content post (Original Content Post motto, “If it didn’t exist before, how the hell could it not be new to you?”***)

[New Readers! Did You Know: Even something as non-rational, subjective and kinda-magical as creativity is manifested differently by the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine? It’s true. clarks are the genuinely creative ones, their issue is not of this (common) reality; scotts are creative by force of Will, ‘Look! This!! Isn’t It Something (New!!) and rogers, Well, true to their predilection for fine craftsmanship and precision engineering, they manifest creativity as: Novel Re-Assembly. ‘How New and Improved this is, don’t we all agree?’]

RePrint!!

(whew!! kinda starting to get a little...out there, if you get my meaning, if you catch my drift*)

‘Six Sentence, Six Sentence, Six Sentence Story’ the Wakefield Doctrine- “ …and the moon is in the seventh house“*

February 18, 2016

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

*apparently** that line is, in fact, a lyric from ‘the Age of Aquarius’ from the musical ‘Hair!’

** ‘apparently’ because I have a tendency to write first and understand second, particularly on a Wednesday evening, when I’m in Six Sentence Story Warm-up mode.

Back now, bereft of parentheticals and astrixeseses…. so, zoe has this blog hop, Six Sentence Story every Thursday and the object is to write a story employing the word prompt provided and keep it to 6 sentences. (oh man! I’ve been known in the past as having a touch of arithlexia, this week’s Story really challenges the counting system… whole lines, in quotes I am not counting as individual sentences, unless Al stuck a period in them, which happens once….I think)

This week our prompt is ‘Fray’

“Half a league, half a league, half a league onward” he read, the forest outside his window beginning to glow grayly with the approach of Dawn.

“Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them” the poet continued, bestowing hideous honor on the special variety of mass murderer that society produces on a secret timetable, marked by statues in city parks and the dreams of young boys inoculated with malignant dreams of purpose.

“Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell. They that had fought so well“, like the drunken patron in lobby of the whorehouse, describing acts of passion as if to repeat them loudly (enough) would reverse the achingly slow destruction of the good, inherent in life of the not-yet-old girl.

“Honour the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!”

“I know how this ends, it’s bravado and all, one more cup of coffee and into the fray, into the valley of Commerce rode the….” laughing at himself, he hit ‘Publish’.

*phrase courtesy of one of the albums, can’t remember which, (probably ‘Don’t Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers’) by the amazing Firesign Theatre (c 1960s-1970s)

Well, damn! This is awkward.

It’s Wednesday. The day we write a Six Sentence Story. Today’s RePrint is a Six Sentence Story. Does that cause a time loop…or tunnel… or oh, well

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 6, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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Friend of the Doctrine, Mimi, has come to our rescue with a comment that gives us something to stand-on, (in the middle of ‘What-to-Write-Today Swamp’), and scan the horizon. For a path out. To someplace …err interesting.

Commenting on yesterday’s Post, specifically, in reference to the Richard Linklater video click from ‘Slacker’ that speaks to the matter of timelines and multiple universeseses, (arising and branching with each and every decision we make in our lifes), she wrote:

If every reality creates more, reality must be getting crowded.

To which we Reply’d:

… tell me it is not.

lol

(ever watch a child run? down the street, across the lawn? then observe a young adult do the same… is that, what, a bit more determination in their stride, the tops of the arch of their movement a little slower to rise… we don’t have to talk about our running… there is nothing wrong or incorrect (or defective) about it… it’s simply more work, requiring more effort to move under the accumulated life )

Say what you will about our people, but when it comes to asking questions and suggesting inferencae, especially those that require creative insight and dealing with the un-tangible/objective/concrete/provable-to-a-critical-audience, the Outsiders kinda shine, ya know?

New Readers? The ‘Everything Rule’ states, ‘At one time or another, everyone does everything’. This is a helpful and, in terms of making the Doctrine useful, essential insight into the reality of the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers. It means, simply: there is nothing, (no occupation, avocation, hobby, or things-to-do-at-the-summertime-family-reunion), that is exclusive to one or another of the three personality types. The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that a ‘thing’ manifests differently in each of the three predominant worldviews. And...and! the manner in which something manifests is a direct reflection of that (individual’s) personal reality. (ok an easy, but fun example: Physician? Sure. Of course all three are found in the medical profession. Best fit you say? clark: pediatrician, scott: surgeon, roger:oncologist.)

…hey, New Readers. Don’t think we don’t know what you’re doing. “Tell us about….” “Did you ever see? …” “What’s the weirdest thing about the Doctrine...”

Do your assigned reading. Start with the basics. We guarantee everything will fall into place. In fact. we will go so far as to make the following promise: If you’re a clark or have a significant secondary clarklike aspect, no only will this all make sense, but you will begin to extrapolate the underlying principles. Meaning, once you see that the Doctrine is based on the relationship a person has with the world around them (and the people who make it up), you will begin to experience insights about your friends, co-workers and that weird checkout person down at the QuikiMart. You will know without having had to read it in these pages.

That said, it’s considered good taste and best practice to share your insights with other Readers here at the blog. You never know when what you see might be a new understanding of the three personal realities.

Newest of Readers? The three personality types are:

the Outsider (clarks)
the Predator (scotts)
the Herd Member (roger)

Look ’em up (search this blog) or ask another Reader (in a Comment).

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 5, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

A couple of things: 1) good discussion this Saturday night past, in particular on the efficacy of the concept of ‘how we relate ourselfs to the world around us and b) damn! that was quick(er) than (usual)… had an idea for number 2, gone!

Probably turn up.

The one thing we did retain, the 1), will be of especial interest to the clarks out there. It has to do with the phenomenon of amnesisa and intent. Sometimes referred to as the New Year’s Resolution Effect. We come to the point of deciding to change, (something within, a trait, bad habit, self-destructive indulgence, like that), and, all charged up with righteous ambition and confidence we… forget the list by the third week of the New Year.

Except, here we’re talking about the Wakefield Doctrine and clarks. We acquire a new perspective on the world, the people who make it up and our ownselfs. We identify with other clarks.

Surely that is the primary miracle of this little personality theory, seriously! We’re not listed, (in the Doctrine), as ‘the Outsiders’ merely because all the cool personality type(s) labels were used up, right? Sure, ‘Warrior of the Shadow Society’ would sound cooler and maybe even relate (motto: ‘Stalking the fringes of well-adjusted people, they almost participate in a valued manner!’) to our people. But we’re the Outsider. (“Say it loud! I’m an Outsider and I’m Proud! hunh!”¹)

Sorry, we were saying: the factor of having others, (of our kind), to identify with is huge. Hell, it’s arguably, in and of itself, justification for all the posts and insights and examples and such*

Anyway, lets make our point and close up.

Every clark has had the experience of deciding to no longer: (fill in the blank with whatever self-identified behavior might be highest on your list of “Things-I-Would-Change-So-I-Don’t-Say-(to myself) ‘Why did I do/Say/Fall-for-That again!!”). We clarks set out in the morning with steely (and, admitted only among other Outsiders), somewhat invigorating optimism to be the person we know we have every right to be.

Then, two sentences into our first interaction, we forget.

Not to worry. The Doctrine has a trick to help you to not forget what you resolve to remember.

… you know the thing we always say, when asked ‘What’s the Point of this Wakefield Doctrine thing’? It is, of course:

“…to understand how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it up.”

ProTip: we did not say, “how we relate to the world…”; we said: “how we relate ourselves to the world…”

Consider this, meditate, cogitate, reflective-tape this little seven word phrase and you will be far more likely to see the opportunities to act in your desired, new-and-improved, ‘Finally! I don’t have to leave interactions with a bunch of ‘why-didn’t I’s’!

Go ahead. Try it today!

(Warning. like most things in ‘Life’ there’s a lot of learning to make this work real good. Mostly about the characteristic behavior of the three predominant worldviews of our little personality theory.)

here, from the movie Slacker**

** Seriously. If you want to identify the scotts and rogers in your family… oh, alright…make that: in your small group of friends. Put on Richard Linklater’s movie ‘Slacker’.

If you’re a clark, you’ll simply love it. The rogers in the room? They will leave before the clip is over. They might, if the demographics of the room is right, get mad first, then leave. scotts? they’ll laugh. Watch it with you. Get bored and find something fun to do/chase/

1) No. Way. …they wouldn’t!

Yes. Yes we would.

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Photonic Phrieday -the Wakefield Doctrine- [from the Chronicles of the Stone and the Crone]

August 3, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

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

Hosted by jenne and ceayr, the charge is simple and the rules are simpler: write a story involving the week’s image and keep it under 250 words.

(Who said, ‘Hey! How about another story from you’re ‘the Stone and the Crone’ series!! That last one was fun.)

The image:

“The Fifth.”

“What?”

His hand making the demitasse look like a tiddlywink on a manhole cover, the man aimed his face at the building across from the café; his companion, a woman of indeterminant age, stared at him from the shade of her hooded sweatshirt, an inadvertent impersonation of a 19th century optical illusion.

Pointing at the wrinkled parchment in the center of the table without taking his eyes off the tall structure, his eyes flickered in the semaphore of self-doubt. An affectionate, aged-worn contralto whispered a thought, ‘You are my enforcer, I am your soul’.

“The arrangement of openings on the building that we’re going to burglarize, it’s the famous dah-dah-dah…duh.!”

The small woman raised her eyebrows, her sigh barely distorting the silk-screened ‘I ♥ Glasgow!’ bas-relief’d across the front of her hunched form.

“Lia Fàil! You really need to see someone about that.”

“About what?”

“Your grip on reality, thats what.”

“You were there at the premiere. Vienna you said, the hunting will be good in Vienna, you said, let’s leave Glasgow to cool off, you said! I remember it like it was…”

“216 years ago?”

A chuckle barely escaped as she continued, “Pay attention to the floor plans. This is our chance to steal something that doesn’t kick and scream. I know a fence who will be happy to pay for the jewelry we’ll find at the top of that…”

“Four story …motif?”

Her laughter echoed dream-sowed affection flourishing in their youth, “Git on wid ye!”