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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine- Special! Way-vertical Post Edition

February 6, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Created by Lizzi, sometime in 1987, it’s been on a run that Cats, South Pacific and Doctor Dolittle might rightly envy.

Currently hosted by Dyanne. She was one of the original co-hostinae, back in 2013. When she’s not herding Lilliputians at the local feed ‘n grain, she can be found, all Lady of the Lakes, at the family retreat in the northern provinces.

Dyanne does not toil alone.

There are co-hostinae. They, each of them, hail from a different corner of Oceania:

Mimi from the southern-most reaches of the Les Acadien region.
Patricia from the Primodia Territories, and
Lisa from the more remote edges of Pocosinia

Each are responsible for keeping the forward movement, the weekly-ness. if you will, of this exercise engaged, so that any who would find a grat hop refreshing, the TToT is here. As Lizzi surely intended, (little direct evidence remained after her disappearance in the wilds of Northumberland), in early 2007.

As for us, here at the Wakefield Doctrine, we maintain that, in a world of dissonance and conflict, ten (10) things are usually available, (by any of the eight senses), to remind us that we walk upright on two legs not only to reach the cereal, in the cabinet to the left of the stove, but to keep the traditional center of the mind closest to a reliable escape route.

Our Ten:

1) Una ——————————————–↓

2) Phyllis—————–↑

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) serial stories: ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ and ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘

5) our ongoing real estate term paper, ‘the 20 Minute Real Estate Briefing‘ every Wednesday and…. ( @CoastalNew )

6) the feature we have on our Instagram… ‘Where in South County are we?’. Twice a week, we post photos of local landmarks (the semi-famous ones). It’s fun, sorta like a nine-piece jigsaw puzzles or a restaurant placemat… This being the internet… if you’d like to join in from your own region (there most be some way to do that)… friend…or join or link or whatever single-syllable set of directions from our millennial ward attendants deem sufficient…. here, the Coastal New England Real Estate Team #coastalnere join the fun.

7) the Six Sentence Story an exercise in imaginative brevity. (flash fiction)

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (If you’d like to take this grat hop for a test drive, send us an Item of Thankful and we’ll post it right here. See how it feels, ya know?

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…of secret viewers, ‘bots and the fear of hope”

February 3, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

Hope is a four-letter word.

Rejuvenate is a ten-letter word.

One is emblematic of the personal reality of the Outsider, the other, an appropriate term for the ambitions of the Wakefield Doctrine.

…neither, however, are enticing enough to build a post around. They’re more like the scraps of cardboard that seem to appear out of nowhere, a second before you give up hope of getting your car out of the snow-rut. After pressing the accelerator way past the point of effectiveness, (though the exercise is not without a certain feeling of power, as you listen to the wheel spinning in it’s half-circle of rock-hard ice, the sound is a potent combination of engine power and restraint, with just enough of a overtone of burning rubber, you know, to keep it real.)

So, the question we pose, still determined to make use of the two words-of-the-day, where does the emotion of hope* go, when the car does not? What transformation occurs to the marshaling of emotion and thought? We recognize that, in part, the energy, (or emotion), is converted into creativity. Cardboard? To move a vehicle weighing more than any other object in your house? Really?

Really.

But we’re concerned with the energy within, this apparently being take-a-clark-to-work day, at least in terms of writing the day’s post.

Anger…. there’s a common-enough example of the transformation of emotion that no longer has a context in the external world.

Hey, here’s an idea! What would the situation look like, if the driver was a clark, a scott or a roger?

Well, lets assume the driveway is long enough not to permit a view of how deep the snow is, at the far end, where the street is. For the New Reader:

clark(the Outsider) is the person who grows up in the world of men and women wearing a name card that, somehow, got smudged under the clear-plastic folder (with it’s why-is-this-a-good-design? half-a-safety pin on the back).
scott(the Predator) the man or woman who holds to the sub-sub-conscious belief that the world is a three-round sudden death playoff, always pulls the driver from the bag approaching the tee; their caddy needs to sprint to get to the green first.
roger(the Herd Member) has never met a person they don’t believe they know, (or know someone who does know), and interacts with others with the confidence of a four-year-old after mastering the placement of the first three objects heralding a life of education, the peg, the cylinder and cubical piece of wood.

So ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

In no particular order:

the scott makes it out to the road and shouts to the neighbor that, as soon as the spring arrives, he’ll help put the fence, (did we mention the fact that our test driveway is between the fences that mark the two abutting properties?) Take a closer look at the photo… it does. Style point to our scottian driver for missing the school children, inadvisably clustered together, two doors down.
the clark proves our point about the (potential) power of emotional transformation, i.e. hope into creativity… we’re left to wonder where they got the cardboard or how much it will cost to replace the rear tires
the roger…. well! how do they do it?!! The driver got out of the car, (which had perfectly-right-angled openings in the snow that covered both the windshield and the rear window, the bottom of the windshield looked like the side of a street in Anchorage on a particularly snowy winter, the wipers themself were at ‘9 o’clock’ when turned off, not able to push the ice and snow further off the glass), looked around, muttered something about how the neighbors have not yet even shoveled their sidewalks and a crowd materializes. With little discussion, other than to agree the. weather service got it wrong again, the car was pushed out of the rut and up on to the road. Like an igloo with square windows and four wheels, the roger drove off without a second look.

* and surely it is an emotion, being as practical and rational and a jello sledgehammer

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “Today only, yesterday’s grammar-free post continued!*”

January 12, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

Extra credit for anyone objecting to the affirmation (in the subtitle of today’s post) that ‘today only’ does not conflict with the assertion that it is, in fact, a continuation of another post. What credit is being acquired? Will only say, if we ever do hats or tee shirts, you on the guest list.

Characteristics of the three personality types (with valuable insight into their respective realities) in no particular order:

clarks are the product of (an) upbringing in the reality of the Outsider and, thus, their scars are considered beauty marks as often as they are deformation
writing a post at 4:30 in the morning, following a night of dreams focused on attempting to escape a world of insane irrationality, at a walking pace, probably has not exerted any lasting effect
(lol)
scotts don’t get scared, they get excited
when rogers get scared they draw together within the local Herd, much like the non-intuitive strategies of World War II bombing raids that entailed flying in formation over enemy territory (sorry, still don’t buy it)
but then, we’re not a roger
the primary goal of, (the application of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine), is to become fluent in the language of ‘the other two’ worldviews.
the simplest technique in determining the predominant worldview of another is to immediately toss the ‘no-fricken-way’ worldview and then take note of preferred pronouns
a scott alone in a room, isn’t
a roger alone in a room closes their eyes and feels the company of the Herd
a clark alone in a room, surprisingly, gets bored quite quickly
the social demands of responding to, contending with, and enduring the pandemic: angers scotts, annoys rogers and delights clarks because, ‘essential tale-tales are obscured, Herd-size is restricted and one’s face is effectively obscured, respectively
having even a small degree of fluency in ‘the other two’ worldviews provides us with the early warning to: stay alert when encountering a scott, remember who you’re dealing with while interacting with a roger and take the opportunity to relax, when in the company of a clark
the Everything Rule reminds us there is no exclusive claim, by any of the three personality types, on any occupation, avocation, hobby, interest, infatuation, part-time job, profession or ‘the-club-that-everyone-else-was-invited-to-join’
that said, sometimes it helps to go with ‘the natural’, scottian cop, rogerian fire fighter, clarklike elementary school teacher… (to name a few)
the Wakefield Doctrine is a tool for self-improvement and it is an additional perspective on the world around us and the people that make it up
the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…the war between hope and fear”

January 11, 2021 By clarkscottroger

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

(uh oh)

No! Wait! Come back! We promise this is not one of those osmium screed*, raising tantalizing questions only to leave the ‘to be cont’d’ crew to explain to everyone how the full answer will be forthcoming.

The full story on the Wakefield Doctrine… at least in terms of its value and it’s utility*** not to mention it’s entertainment value, in bullet point:

there are only three personality types to learn
the names of the personality types are free of impressive letters and numbers and surely-this-is-scientific nomenclature (we’re looking at you, Oscar-Meyer, Briggs & Stratton)
the stated characteristics of the three personality types are not pre-determined qualities, traits, tropisms and ‘you-bet-I-wanna-do-that(s)’ against which the scores from surveys, questionnaires, assessments and profiles are held in order to classify the individual; rather the perspective, (forming the basis for the three personality types), are described and made available… the Doctrine believes in user participation
speaking of perspectives, the Wakefield Doctrine is not a diagnostic or assessment, it is a perspective on the world around (a body) and the people who make it up
expert application of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine will make available insights into the actions and behaviors, thoughts and inclinations of those both close to us and, even, total strangers
the Wakefield Doctrine is not ‘an Answer’… it is a tool for helping fill in the blanks that our own personality types invariably produce as we look around us
the goal of the, (application of), Wakefield Doctrine is two-fold: a) ‘to better see the world as the other person is experiencing it’ and 2) to increase our understanding of how it is we relate ourselves to the world around us
…and, with sufficient effort, imagination and reading, to be in a position to say, “Man, what a Roger! I won’t blame myself” or “Jeez! Someone’s a bit scottian, I think I’ll just lower the old profile” and “She/he is not too clarklike, I suppose they really want to believe that while nobody is watching, they won’t be ignored”
its fun…try it

* ’cause Wikipedia says osmium is the heaviest metal why else would I spend ten minutes, (including the time spent trying to find a photo of Ronnie James** that will fit in this space), looking for the song below

** s’okay making a demographically-targeted reference

*** don’t worry, reading and learning, studying and enjoying the Wakefield Doctrine will not require you to use, ‘Really? Can’t you just speak without thinking about the sufficiency of the choice?’, words that have piled up in the closet like VHS tapes from the full set from Tony Robbins Series ‘Get rich and have giant teeth and the eyes of a face-eater’

#wakefielddoctrine, @thewakefielddoctrine

well, duh!

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘Clean-up to Aisle 8! Footnote/citation spill… proceed with caution.’

December 30, 2020 By clarkscottroger

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

…where were we?

Would (it) be interesting to compare the content, if not the underlying intentions, of anyone inclined to take part in the pan-cultural practice of New Year’s Resolutions.(?)

Who just said, ‘Well, if your Doctrine is as useful a perspective on the world and the people who make it up, what can it tell us about how people might behave during this traditional time of reflection and projection?”

I have one more day before Thursday to complete our Wakefield Doctrine look at New Years and the tentacles of our past.

(to be cont’d)

Fine.

The subject of my ~~report~~ post today is…. (lol channeling imaginary memories* from Jr and Sr High School) what is New Year’s Eve from the perspective of the three predominant worldviews (aka the three personality types) of the Wakefield Doctrine?

Easy!

…No!, really its easy…. (Warning! Warning… False Bravado Alert, Stop before it’s too late!²)

For New Years Eve:

rogers(Herd Members) they’ve never left the party… time is of secondary value to our rogerian brethren, as emotion is achronolgic, (as in, ‘immune to Time’). They will dress as all the other revelers and wait for Guy Lombardo to officiate (or Dick Clark or Iced T***) or whoever the current cultural figurehead of the Herd
scotts(Predators) they enjoy the suspending of social norms historically a part of a New Year’s Eve celebration. Let ’em have five steps towards the door, just of this one time (lol)
clarks(Outsiders) like a combination of watching the chimney from St. Peter’s Square, staying under the blankets until there is a non-you-generated sound that does not include: sonovabitch… crying or well, it was New Year’s Eve.

Thats it for today.

Tomorrow (New Years’ Eve day) will be a Six Sentence Story day.

(Hey! Just remember that, no matter what happens, the Wakefield Doctrine understands)

(From song frag this morning)

* that’s right, imaginary memories… we would submit that for all three personality types, ‘im-mems’ can be as ‘real’ and consequential as actual, look-I’ll-show-you-the-scar/paperwork/Polaroid recollections of past events… ‘ceptin clarks are the only ones, (of the three), emotionally and intellectually capable of acknowledging the duality** while maintaining, (hell, enhancing the potential of learning the secret)… because, as we all know, if you’re on the Outside, there is no quantifying the territory.¹

** obviously a survival trait to those of us who live in the world of the Outsider(clarks)… after all, if the only thing truly important to us is to discover the information we lack/were-deprived-of/missed-that-day-in-class when it was taught, i.e. the knowledge imparted to scotts and rogers allowing them to live life as ‘a part of’.

*** lol (though I’me sure that can’t be any kind of original)

it (the reality of the Outsider) is surely limitless
Speaking of Warnings that come too late… there is a traditional warning we, as a courtesy, extend to New Readers, to the effect: If you’re enjoying this blog, then you are likely to read about clarks, scotts and rogers. That’s not the problem. Reading leads to understanding the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers to the point you, (the New Reader), will begin to identify the predominant worldview of the people in your world. That is still not the problem. If you persist in your studiesⁱ, you may find yourself unable to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers in your world. You have been warned.

i: the practical goal, or ambition, of those of us who include the perspective of the Wakefield Doctrine in our every day world is to understand the ‘native language’ of the three personal realities that make up this here personality theory here… big job. However, like any language, there is an inherent problem with translation from one (personal) reality to the other. Speaking only for myself, I can offer: fresh snow, ice-crust snow and ‘damn, won’t this ever melt snow. Surely that is far less encyclopedic than a clark living north of the Arctic Circle.