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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 28, 2025 By 3 Comments

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

Before we get started on the topic that was suggested in yesterday’s post (Doctrine tells Fairy Tales) a quick note:

ok, whatever

wait, you’re absolutely correct! Even when (arguably, especially when) we use RePrints to engage and entertain, a quick Doctrine Primer would not hurt.

So:

the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. It is predicated on the notion that, at the earliest of ages, we establish a relationship with the world around us and begin the life-long effort to develop social and other interpersonal strategies. The better to allow us to grow and thrive. And such. Pretty straight-forward and not overly controversial a view of Early Childhood (No, Conrad! Not now! Keep them $*(^$ ducks outside!) (ha ha… undergrad psych major joke)*

Where the Wakefield Doctrine distinguishes itself is in the matter of these relationships. We maintain that there are three relationships available. Further, we, all of us, settle into one (and only one) but retain a potential for the other two. The first is referred to as one’s predominant worldview. The ‘other two’: secondary and tertiary aspects. Example: As your Narrator this morning (and Curator all others) we will offer ourselfs as an example of a clark (predominant worldview) with a strong secondary scottian aspect and a weak, rogerian tertiary aspect.

New Readers? This seems a bit vague and not quite clear to you (well, to those of you not clarks) but it will all become clear and make sense. It still may not appear desireable information to acquire, but, whatta ya gonna do?

The three relationships (with the world around us) of the Wakefield Doctrine are:

  1. clarks (the Outsider) one who lives in the shadows, (self-induced and otherwise), and spends their life searching for the information that will allow them to become a Real Person. Nearly cripplingly curious, clarks are not merely introverts or terminally-shy, they have simply an excess of caution when it comes to scrutiny. The Doctrine might offer: ‘clarks abhor the spotlight but will not tolerate being ignored’.
  2. scotts (the Predator) the life (and ICU-too-soon-to-tell-cautiously-optimistic) of the party. scotts are natural leaders and account for the progress of Human civilization and culture, i.e. the world is flat?! fuck that, we’ll sail so fast!!’ (lol). scotts are impulsive and brave and total adrenaline junkies, it’s about the action, live in the here and now. The Doctrine suggests for scotts: ‘I think, therefore I scream’
  3. rogers (the Herd Member) the glue of culture and society …and the quicksand. Without rogers we would not have computers and safe airplanes, chemotherapy and the Spanish Inquisition, stable society and social oppression. The Doctrine might say: ‘Want a novel approach? ask a clark… you want it done quickly? get a scott… you want it done right you need a roger‘

Damn, looks like we ran out of time again!

Sorry, we’ll get back to the matter of Fairy Tales real soon. Promise.

*Speaking of Psych Majors, in our Serial Six stories, one of our Protagonists, Ian Devereaux, has a Masters of Psychology (and  three-quarters of a JD. From Harvard of all places). We mention this because he is currently a MC in a Serial Six that involves Time Travel and the Order of Lilith… ikr? Very fun, but we’re mention this for two reasons: a) we’re working on character development of the as yet un-named person who pushed (pulled?) Ian into 1970. The thing is, 2) the topic of bullying has come up and god knows, that’s a subject clarks are way, way too intimately knowledgeable of. You want a link? First Encounter. Second Encounter. In any event, we may have to check in with you (the Reader) on the topic. But for now… mums the aighht?)

 

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 27, 2025 By 2 Comments

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

RePrint?

Sure! Why not?

Here ya go!

Hey! Remind us to address the always facinating and fun topic of the Wakefield Doctrine and classic fairy tales next time we meet.

“Sing a song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye…” what is it about rogers and the Past? the Wakefield Doctrine pauses, reflects and offers you Pie*

January 26, 2012
Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers )
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.**
Many interpretations have been placed on this rhyme. It is known that a 16th century amusement was to place live birds in a pie. An Italian cookbook from 1549 (translated into English in 1598) contained such a recipe: “to make pies so that birds may be alive in them and flie out when it is cut up” and this was referred to in a cook book of 1725 by John Nott.[1][2] The wedding of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV of France in 1600 contains some interesting parallels. “The first surprise, though, came shortly before the starter—when the guests sat down, unfolded their napkins and saw songbirds fly out. The highlight of the meal were sherbets of milk and honey, which were created by Buontalenti.
( source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence )

Well, didn’t they know how to have fun back in the 1600’s ? ( ” Hey, Ephesus!!  dude, yo  when her Majesty the Queen Mother sees the birds fly up from the table, she will surely impart a smile upon thee…dawg” )Be that as it may, today we talk about the thing that rogers have for the Past.  Lets dispense with all the work of constructing a well-crafted narrative and get all Bullet Pointy on this bad boy! So, ‘The Past’ and the rogers? Welll…we’ll have you know that:

  • rogers live for the Past (as scotts live in the Present and clarks live for the Future)
  •  most ‘Historians’ are clarks and yet rogers are the people who you think of when you are interested in knowing something old, or out of date or archaic, what the hell!
  • the more involved the family tree, the more you need a roger, and not just because they love Yellow #2 Pencils**
  • in order to maintain a coherent history, you must have an internal consistency… rogers love repeating patterns
  • the past is ‘a place’ that rogers know they can be alone and by themselves, at least for a little while
  • hey, it’s really rather simple! …the farther back in time a tradition or a practice or a dogma extends, the bigger the herd that has come to be associated with it and, like scotts…for rogers ‘more is more’! …following is the epitome of this ideal:
  • …Ken Burns…
This quality of the rogerian personality type is one of the most positive and essential, not only to the rogerian people, but to mankind as a whole. It has often been said that rogers are responsible for society and a (certain) continuity of civilization, without which we would all still be living on the savannah…darting down to the stream in the evenings nervously keeping one non-stereoscopic eye on the treeline, alert for the sudden movement of a scott!  As a matter of fact. I was talking to a rogerian friend, Valerie, about the Doctrine and the positive contributions of her people to life and I put it this way, “Yes scotts are active and loquacious and really get things done, but would you want to fly across the country on a plane designed and built by a scott?”
I believe at that moment, Valerie understood and become proud of her people***
Tomorrow is Friday so get your ears out, it is Video Friday!!
** …and nice, clean, full-sized #2 Pencils! certainly not what you would find in your hands if you made the mistake of asking a scott for a pencil!! (think teeth-marks, stubby and prone to smudge)
*** which emotion, of course, was immediately transformed into a sense of  fervent righteousness and a total conviction of the deficiency of  all non-herd members

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 15, 2025 By

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

Time.

(Unh! Good god! What is it good for…)

New Readers? The Doctrine, (and its use and benefits), is available for anyone. After all, it’s not like a secret of the universe or nothin’ (Well, it could be argued… lol) Be that as it may, as an additional perspective, (as opposed to, say, ‘The Answer’ or anything suitable for a tattoo). the Wakefield Doctrine is available to all. Here in these posts, it’s our modest ambition to explain the principles effectively enough to make it available to all.

(Insider info: All one needs, as a minimum, is a significant secondary clarklike aspect. As to what that means, well you gotta read some of the this material. Jeez, this isn’t ‘Know yourself Kwik Kwiz’ in last five pages of your favorite checkout counter magazine, ya know?*)

Anyway, this post is kinda for clarks. But if you’re a scott or a roger and you have questions, cool. Ask away.

Those of us who’s predominant worldview is that of the Outsider (aka clarks)  have a remarkable sense of time. At least in the sense of the  practical value of the functioning of an alarm clock. Tell a clark, ‘Hey we gots maybe thirteen minutes for a break, don’t let us be late.’

We’re on it. Watch or phone?! We don’ need no… (for the old Readers).

But what prompts a full post on the topic is  our sense and appreciation of both anticipatory time and ‘are we there yet time’.

Given how this post will draw clarks, we’ll leave the excessive illustration, demonstration and explanation to our more experienced Readers.

ProTip: so you’re out for an afternoon walk, yard chores or anything other activity you have identified in your life as being ‘good for you’. The timer calibrated from Start to ‘There-that-should-be-it” is not broken. No matter how often you look at it. (There’s surely a cool graphed curve for x:time in the ‘real’ world y: no way it’s only been four minutes and z: ok, that’ll work, no need to over do it.)

the other end of this chronic scale has to do with a clark’s remarkable lack of appreciation for larger scale time frames, i.e. ‘You’ve been at that job for how many years?!!” and “I don’t really know, it feels like I just started”.

Don’t forget! Tonight is Six Sentence Story bloghop opening. Be there or be square.

 

 

*magazines and hardcover publications, sorta the internet without an electric bill or ‘text message rates may apply’

 

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Lieday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 10, 2025 By

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

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

Hosted by jenne and ceayr we are invited to find a story using an image provided each week. The only rule: no more than 250 words are to be used.

 

“They built it themselves?”

“Yes.”

“The 16th Century. Must of cost a fortune. I’m surprised the Church had the resources.”

“Well, you know, the organizational structure by then gotten pretty robust.”

“Seriously. Was what I’ve heard true, that the first iteration was dedicated to…”

“Don’t go there…”

“Santa Claus?? God! For reals? You are one twisted deity.”

“You should talk.”

“Anyway, I won’t bother asking where the money came from to fund this thing.”

“Ha ha.”

“How long did it take to build?”

“Which time?”

“What?” Sometimes I gotta say, I’m appalled. Your neediness astounds me.”

“Hey, not fair! I gave them Free Will. I didn’t say, Enslave yourself to a Church.”

“err… ‘on this Rock’ ring any bells?”

“Yeah, but that was just to get the ball rolling.’

“Gotta hand it to you, you make it too easy.”

“What?”

“Generations of lives, right? An unholy percentage of what little they can earn scratching a living from the earth, handed over every Sunday.”

“They wanted to… The art work alone is fricken’ priceless.”

“To show their love?”

“You gotta better reason? Hell, they were barely getting by living a step above the rest of the livestock I Created. ‘Man 1.0′ had a pretty sweet deal. That is, ’til you came along.”

“But, man! Literal centuries of human effort to build …and rebuild! a structure with one and only one primary use.”

“You planning to make a point any time soon, Morningstar?”

“Dude! And they call me the Great Deceiver?”

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II (z) Dei -the Wakefield Doctrine-

January 7, 2025 By

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

Friend of the Doctrine, Mimi, wrote a Comment that sets us up rather nicely for a discussion of ‘the Everything Rule’

But first! The Wakefield Doctrine is a personality type (system/perspective) that posits three predominant worldviews:

  1. clarks (the Outsider)
  2. scotts (the Predator)
  3. rogers (the Herd Member)

We’re all born with the potential of having any of the above three as defining how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it up. We do, however, settle into one (and only one) such experience of the world at a very early age. The cool thing about our little Doctrine is that we maintain that how we relate ourselfs to the world, the world, in turns, reflects the relationship. We refer to this as (our) personal reality.

Relating to the world as a clark results in one experiencing other people as being distant, somewhat mysterious and thoroughly perplexing. To the Outsider, the way the people around them act implies a certain kindred nature, a shared experience a common understanding that is missing within. At least as far as the very young clark can understand. And, as a result the young Outsider believes that most everyone in their world are the beneficiaries of a certain insight, privy to information that supports their common realities and develops the social strategies and interpersonal styles. It’s inevitable that one (young clark in this instance) should seek opportunities to learn (what they do not know) while avoiding scrutiny, lest the reason they are lacking what others do not and be at risk for others to demand they (the clarks)  account for their deficiency. In other words, the Outsider develops a personality geared to staying on the fringes while being driven by the need to learn whatever it is others must know to account for the difference.

And so, as well, with the scotts and rogers. Their worlds reflect, (and support and compliment), the relationship with the world at large. Being young, it takes years to develop effective styles of living in the world. But, to varying degrees of ‘success’, we all do.

The Wakefield Doctrine will maintain that we all, each of us, have the exact right personality type. For getting by/thriving/maintaining our lifes in the world we awoke to.

… and. this Everything Rule?

There is no such thing as: ‘that’s something that only a clark would do’ or ‘no one but a scott would try and succeed in that line of work’ or even, ‘it takes being a roger to know that’

No. There is not.

That said, how a thing (or a person or an occupation or hobby or picadillo or even a life-long interest) manifests is a relfection of the personal reality of the individual. And, by the way, very useful in discovering a body’s personality type!

Outa time.

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