the Wakefield Doctrine

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

Damn! Readers they gettin’ this here Doctrine here, big-time. Fluent in the Doctrine much, M?*

From Mimi

As a janitor clark-like person, i deal with messes scotts and rogers make all the time. The scotts’ messes are from simply being who they are, the rogers, it’s from not thinking because of not having a clark-like secondary.

And, really, while it surely does not rise to the level of: (hands clapping a person’s shoulders in a summer tent in a rural field) “Get up (-uh). You can walk(uh). Can I get an Amen!”¹ Readers at a certain level will sense the implication in M’s little quote. The mind behind the mess is discernible in the character of the mess.

In the world of a Predator, it’s not “Hey, slow down, I need to find a trash receptacle for my Big Mac box and Coke… ok ok I’ll come back after I catch you.” (throws the litter over her/his shoulder) and continues the chase.

In the land of the Herd Member, “Excellent burger and coke. What’s next on today’s agenda. No time, no time! We’ll just store the empty box somewhere for safe keeping… there’s room on the floor on the passenger’s side for just one more! Look at the abundance of our Life!!” at some point in time there will be something of a ceremonial ‘cleaning up’ which is as much assertion of status in the world (of lunches on the go or discarded packaging in the workshop).

Ear Worm Warning!! That last line triggered the perennial affection of the song ‘Kid Charlemagne’ (one of the finest guitar soloes ever)

1) one of our guilty pleasures when in the car is to listen to a local gospel station. Not everyone on it, but there are a few that, in oratory style, have it. Can’t describe it… very much a case of ‘the medium more than the message’.

In any event, on Saturday night there is one very old-school guy. Sounds older that the usual line up, his sermons are also of a time gone by, but his speaking style! There is the accent on the ends of certain sentences (not every one, just enough to know that it’s deliberate and for emphasis) where he adds an ‘-uh‘ to the last word of a sentence – uh. You can see the prairie and the hear the canvas flapping in the wind, don’cha know,

*in the spirit of loosening up our-owneself: no! not to worry, I am totally including Frank in this compliment, M. (lol)

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

AP Level Wakefield Doctrine today!

oh boy!

ok, before we begin: honor system here today. do not read the RePrint post below. at least not right yet.

Full Disclosure: as the Curator, we will also not read the RePrint below. (Sure, we scanned it sufficiently to decided to copy it. But we didn’t read it-read it. As to why? None of your business. And, yeah, of course, ‘we’ wrote it in the first place. But we’ve been going through an introspective-self-questioning period of late. Mostly, centered on: ‘damn that past iteration Curator wrote posts that were pretty engaging. why can’t we do that?’

the Answer? doesn’t fricken matter. We write posts because that was the way, and good-thing-too-it-was-undisclosed price of the totally serendipitous insight that lead to the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers (aka the Wakefield Doctrine).

The serendipitous insight? To reframe a joke from certain friends: “Wanna hide something from New Readers in a blog? Put it in the ‘About Page’. lol. Here, save ya the click.

…ok, got the self-doubt outa our system (for today).

The ‘AP Level’ Doctrine principle? The personal reality that is the linchpin to the Wakefield Doctrine and the three predominant worldviews is real. At least it’s as real as a Reader might be capable of, i.e. scott come back!!! roger no, don’t try that ‘I can really appreciate what you’re trying to convey.’ don’t even try. clark… lol

While the central tenet remains that the basis for the three personality types is the character of the relationship a person maintains with the world around them and the people who make it up, a closer look at personal reality is worth-our-while.

Our RePrint strives to say that, when, say, a clark becomes aware of the world around them the people (who make it up) are different. Most of them do share a knowledge, an appreciation of a common bond. A (young clark) is not projecting, she/he is discerning the difference. And, for reasons not fully understood, the clark immediately covers-up their insight. An additional behavior is then overlayed on the normal, young human learning to navigate the world, develop social strategies…aka  develop their personality. That is: avoid excessive scrutiny.

(and for a scott and a roger, the same. they do not take it into their heads to pretend the world is full of predator and prey nor do they decide that all is quantifiable and knowable and they must maintain to the best of their capability to maintain a role in the center of the group.)

dig?

ok… not gonna clutter this post with a full RePrint. If you need something to read Here is RePrint for today.