Talk:Todd Siler

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Note: Possibly not everything on the page is a copyvio. It seems to generally come from the URL given and at least some parts are essentially identical. --Coppertwig (talk) 22:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

The text in question was written by me as well. The Wikipedia article borrows from other articles I've written on Todd Siler. I thought it was about time someone wrote an article on this historic figure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BRCMayor (talk • contribs) 22:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read Donating copyrighted materials for how you can do this. Even if you are the copyright holder, you cannot simply put the copyrighted text in Wikipedia without the required procedures.  Citi Cat   ♫ 03:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Note
As a first time editor, I added a list of references consisting of verifiable source material, published and peer reviewed to this page. I also added links. Both have since been revised by other more experienced editors. I apologize for disturbances to the page my efforts and my perceived conflict of interest have caused. I will refrain from any further edits and will retire my account. Although well intended, I regret the blemish this has placed on a scholar of such acclaim and integrity. George Cabe (talk) 23:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The above user has expressed to me that he wants all of his contributions, which may have been perceived as potentially a conflict of interest, to be undone. As he doesn't wish to further edit the article because of the appearance of COI, I've taken care of this. I found that he made only one edit which changed the text of the article; all of his other edits were to the External links and References sections after the main article body. Part of this one edit was already undone by others, and I undid his other changes to the article text. It's all very minor, and is really just about appearances. The links have already been trimmed and the article needs the references to be worked on and integrated into inline citations, but the user no longer has any contributions present in the article's text; I see no need for a COI tag, and I have removed it. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  03:53, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ --  JJJ  (talk) 04:46, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Note: There has been a very critical error made to the Fractal reactor section of this page which I noticed today: a reference to "cold fusion." Siler's work focuses exclusively on extremely high temperature fusion NOT cold fusion. This did not exist in the original article written some years ago or even on the page a few days ago. It is a major content error. Also, it is no longer clear what the IAEA is doing with the fractal reactor project. That section would be best removed. It is evident that Siler continues to work on it. Perhaps a more accurate update would read: To further advance this development, Siler is exploring a collaboration with researchers in the field of nuclear fusion. George Cabe (talk) 20:52, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

For any veteran editors who have been monitoring this page, many thanks for your kind consideration. As you may have read, my COI prohibits my contributing. However it has been suggested that I could help by posting relevant source material. I have taken the last few weeks to review and source references in an effort to assist those who may have an interest to improve this BLP. In line citations are needed as indicated in the banner and I have created a list with footnotes. It would improve the page to have separate sections for Publications and Bibliography. This too I have included for your perusal. Please forgive any errors in the presentation. It all looks great in a word document but not here. The markups are not done as I am unfamiliar with them having never attempted to write an article and have no plans to do so. I do hope my work meets with your approval and can be of use. (George Cabe (talk) 14:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)). POTENTIAL EDITS:

Creativity research Paragraph #1 2nd sentence:

Although such inquiries are standard 1, Siler’s work went further than any work before, in examining how methods used by highly creative people might work on the neuropsychological level 2,3.

Paragraph #1, 5th sentence:

Siler has developed these theories into programs that are used extensively in schools and corporations 4-7

Visual arts Paragraph #1, 3rd sentence:

In his late 20’s Siler…David Salle.8-12

Fractal Reactor Paragraph #1, 1st sentence: In 2006, Siler used his multimedia solo exhibition at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York City to present his proposal for the nature-inspired “Fractal Reactor,” 13,14 which envisions an environmentally-friendly, alternative method of using controlled, high-temperature nuclear fusion for energy purposes.15 To further advance the development of this concept using the scientific method and computational models, Siler is exploring a collaboration with researchers in the field of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion. 16

Education and invention Paragraph #1, 1st sentence: ….creation of systems of metaphor.17,18

References & Notes

1.	Garber, Marjore (December 2002). "Our Genius Problem," The Atlantic Monthly, p. 67. http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2002/12/index.htm

2.	Root-Bernstein, Robert and Michele. Sparks of Genius: The 13 Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999), pp. 156-158. ISBN:0-396-90771-3 Google Books

3.	Fetz, Eberhard, E. (2011).“Artistic explorations of the brain,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 6, Article 9, 2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273889/

4.	Maier, Norah with S. Gopinathan (1998). "Robert Sternberg, Todd Siler, Tu Weiming, Michael Fullan,” Borderless Thinking: A Keynote Series, 7th International Conference on Thinking (Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore). http://www.worldcat.org/title/borderless-thinking-a-keynote-series/oclc/423058954

5.	Holman, Peggy, Devane, Tom, and Cady, Steven (eds.) (2007). The Change Handbook: Group Methods for Shaping the Future, 2nd Edition. (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler); pp.288-293. ISBN 10: 1576750582 Google Books

6.	 Kumar, Prem (ed.) Organisational Learning for All Seasons: Building Internal Capabilities for Competitive Advantage. Foreword by Yong Ying-1. (Singapore: National Community Leadership Institute), pp. 285-296 ISBN:9810485727 Google Books

7.	“Making sense of ideas: The model route to innovation,” in Strategic Direction, Vol. 26, No. 11, 2010, Q Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 25-27; ISSN 0258-0543 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/index.htm

8.	"Cerebreactors,” DOMUS Magazine, No. 623, December, Forum, 1981, p. 9. www.domusweb.it/

9.	 Fleming, Martha (December/ January, 1981)."Todd Siler/ Galerie France Morin," Vanguard Magazine, pp. 30, 31. http://www.marthafleming.net/artforum-vanguard-fuse/

10.	Gauville, Herve (March 30, 1982). "Exposition: Alea" and review by Jean-Pierre Thibaudat of A.R.C.2, Musee D'Art Moderne's "Alea(s)" Exhibition, Liberation, p. 21. 11.	 Handy, Ellen (October, 1983). "Todd Siler / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts", Arts Magazine, p. 34. 12.	 Gravel, Claire (August 15, 1987), "From Todd Siler to Marina Abramovic: From A Neurological Art To A Cosmological Symbolism," Le Devoir, Montreal, Quebec. http://www.ledevoir.com 13.	 Wei, Lilly. (February Issue, 2007). "Fractal Reactor" Art In America, pp.141,142. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/archive/ 14.	 Grisanti, Mary Lee (January 1, 2007). Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun,” NYArts Magazine http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/january-february-2007/fractal-reactor-recreating-the-sun-mary-lee-grisanti

15.	 “Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun,” in Leonardo Journal of Art, Sciences & Technology,Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 270-278 (The MIT Press). http://www.leonardo.info/archive.html

16.	 Siler, Todd L., “Fractal Reactor: An Initial Computational Model for An Alternative Plasma Fusion System,” in Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Current Trends In International Fusion Research, edited by Drs. Emilio Panarella and Charles D. Orth. NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON KIA OR6 Canada 2008), p. 294 www.icenes2007.org/icenes_proceedings/...pdf/.../FRACTAL.pdf

17.	 “The ArtScience Program for Realizing Human Potential,” in Leonardo Journal of Art, Sciences & Technology, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 417-424 + 389 color (The MIT Press). http://www.leonardo.info/archive.html

18.	 Dumas, Alan. (July 2, 1995). "Learning to Think Like a Genius: Rethinking How We Think; Colorado artist/scientist Todd Siler has new ideas for creative learning," Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado; Feature article in Sunday Spotlight section; pp. 49A and 62A-64A. www.rockymountainnews.com Bibliography •	Jones, Peter (October 27, 2011). "The school of arts & sciences: Todd Siler takes DaVinci Award for breaking down the walls". http://villagerpublishing.com/?s=todd+silerThe Villager. •	Q Emerald Group Publishing Limited, “Making sense of ideas: The model route to innovation,” in Strategic Direction Vol. 26, No. 11 2010, pp. 25-27; ISSN 0258-0543 •	Goddard, Donald. (February 2, 2005). “Conrad Atkinson: Collaborations & Todd Siler: A.R.T.Strings,” in New York Art World; www.newyorkartworld.com/reviews/atkinson-siler.html •	MacMillan, Kyle. (Friday, December 24, 2004). The Denver Post, pp.3FF & 5FF). http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2613971,00.html# •	Atlas, James (May 2001), “DAVOS, INC. Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Yasser Arafat walk into a bar…No, really – this sort of thing actually happens in Davos,” Vanity Fair, p:224. http://www.vanityfair.com/ •	“A Formula for Genius,” World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, Annual Meeting 2001, 25-30 January; Summary Report. http://www.weforum.org/reportsresults?fq=report^social%3A%22Davos%22 •	Nissley, Nick. The “Artful Creation” of Positive Anticipatory Imagery in Appreciative Inquiry: Understanding the “Art of Appreciative Inquiry As Aesthetic Discourse,” in Constructive Discourse and Human Organization Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 1, 285-309. (New York: Elsevier Ltd., 2004.) “Proposition 3: Artful Creations Serve as Symbolic Constructions that Act as Metaphorical Representations of Organizational Life,” pp. 294 & 299-303 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1475-9152&volume=1

•	Joy Overbeck, “Local Artist Goes Nuclear As He Fuses Art and Science…And Who Knows, Maybe He’ll Win the Nobel Prize,” in Colorado Expression (Oct./Nov., 2007); pp. 72–74.

•	Nora Caley, "Think Like A Genius!" Colorado Company Magazine (November/ December 2004) Issue, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 46–48.

•	Kuhn, Robert L. (2000). Closer To Truth: Challenging Current Belief. (New York: McGraw-Hill); Chapter 13: “Can You Learn To Be Creative?” and Chapter 16: Why Do We Make Music and Art? Book companion to the National Public Television Series. http://www.closertotruth.com/

•	Sanders, Irene, T. (1998). Strategic Thinking and the New Science, Planning in the Midst of Chaos, Complexity, and Change. (The Free Press/ A Division of Simon & Schuster Inc.); pp. 105-106. ISBN-13: 978-0-684-84268-4 Google Books

•	Pettus, Elise. (June 1998). “Find Your Creative Self: Thoughts dried up? Ideas slowed down to a trickle?” Mademoiselle, pp. 93-95

•	Ambrose, Jay. (December 23, 1997). “Thinking Like A Genius,” Scripps Howard News Service http://www.scrippsnews.com

•	Smith, Colleen (December 10, 1997). “In ‘ArtScientist’ Todd Siler’s Palette, Gray Matters,” Colorado Expressions; pp. 44-48.

•	Massaro, Gary. (December 6, 1996). “This genius opens minds,” Rocky Mountain News; p. 50A. www.rockymountainnews.com

•	Todd Siler, Metaphorming Worlds (1995). The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan,Republic of China). Introductions by Dr. Robert Root Bernstein and Marilynne S. Mason. •	Root-Bernstein, Robert & Michele (1999). Sparks of Genius: The 13 Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People (New York: Houghton-Mifflin Company); pp. 156-158. . ISBN: 0-396-90771-3 Google Books

•	McNally, Owen. (1991) "Todd Siler's art is mindful of science: In Siler's mind, art, science entwined," The Hartford Courant. (Wednesday, March 6); Cover page + p. 2. http://www.courant.com/

•	Lloyd, Ann Wilson (April, 1991). "Todd Siler at Feldman and the Boston Center for the Arts, New York/Boston," Art in America, pp.170, 172. www.artinamericamagazine.com/

•	Evans-Clark, Phillip (April, 1991). "Todd Siler, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts," Tema Celeste, pp. 92, 94.

•	Marrero, Michael (Sunday, August 28, 1994). “Artscience: Making the connection,” The San Juan Star, pp.4,5.

•	"Noted With Pleasure" [Breaking the Mind Barrier] (February 3, 1991), The New York Times Book Review, p. 35. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/03/books/noted-with-pleasure.html

•	Johnson, George. (December 30, 1990). "Cerebreactors and Processmorphs,” The New York Times Book Review, pp. 4,7. http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/free_1990/articles_1990_12_00003.html

•	Duncan, Ann. (Saturday, September 1, 1990). "100 Days of Contemporary Art," The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec); p. J4. •	"The Art of Science: Metaphorms Exhibit Explores the Human Brain," Chicago Academy of Sciences Newscast, (January-February, 1989), p.1.

•	Page, Pearl. (November 7, 1988). "A Picture of the Mind," Ka Leo O Hawaii, Honolulu, p.10.

Evans-Clark, Phillip. (May, 1987). "Todd Siler, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York," Tema Celeste, pp.72, 191.

•	Philips, Patricia C. (May 1987). "Todd Siler at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Gallery," Artforum; p. 147. http://artforum.com/back_issues/ •	Westfall, Stephen. (September, 1987). "Todd Siler, Feldman Gallery," Art in America, p.175. www.artinamericamagazine.com/

•	“Arts Plastiques - Theatre Mental, Psi-Phi: The Art of Thought de Todd Siler," by Pascale Beaudet, Spirale, Octobre, 11, 1987: Centre Saidye Bronfman, (July 21 to Aug. 20, 1987) •	Beaudet, Pascale. (1986). "Lumieres," Vie Des Arts, Vol.31, Numero 125, p.28.

•	Marguerite, Feitlowitz (February, 1985). "Where Art And Medicine Meet", MD Publications, pp.233-250 passim.

•	McGreevy, Linda. (February 7-14, 1984). "Art and Orwell," Port Folio Magazine, Vol.1, No.28.

•	Annas, Teresa. (February, 1984). "Chrysler Exhibit Large On Symbolism," Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star.

•	Taylor, Angela (Jan. 26, 1984). "Helping Designers Build Prototypes," The New York Times. http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1984/articles_1984_01_00003.html

•	Schrage, Michael. (October 1982). "Painting -The Arts," OMNI Magazine, pp. 38, 193. http://www.omnimagonline.com/

Publications •	Pointing your way to success through metaphorming,’’ Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 47-58, ISSN 0275-6668. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0275-6668

•	"The ArtScience Program for Realizing Human Potential.” Vol. 44, No.5, pp.417-424. Leonardo Journal of Art, Sciences & Technology (The MIT Press, 2011) http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/leon/44/5

•	“Neuro-Impressions,” The Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA. Art exhibition, August 23 – September 18, 2011. http://www.albright.edu/sciencecelebration/calendar.html

•	Brown, Adam; Snelson, Kenneth; Root-Bernstein, Robert; Siler, Todd. "ArtScience: Integrative Collaboration To Create a Sustainable Future". http://www.mitpressjournals.org

•	“Metaphorming Your Company: Leading with the Next Generation of Brainstorming Tools,” essay in Leader To Leader magazine of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation, Hesselbein & Company (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass / A Wiley Company) Spring 2002, pp. 15-19 http://www.hesselbeininstitute.org/knowledgecenter/journal.aspx

•	 “Twelve Keys That Open Our Treasure Chests of Creativity and Civil Society,” Keynote Address published in Hand to Hand journal, Association of Youth Museums (AYM) Conference, Interactivity 2000, May 11, 2000.

•	“Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun,” Leonardo Journal of Art, Sciences & Technology Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 270–278 (The MIT Press, 2007). http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/leon.2007.40.3.270

•	“Fractal Reactor: An Alternative Method and Apparatus for Plasma Fusion,” Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Current Trends In International Fusion Research: Review and Assessment, (pp. 411–426) edited by Dr. Emilio Panarella (Ottawa, Canada: NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, 2007). http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/ •	 “Metaphorming Your Life: Using Your Creativity To Achieve Your Goals and Realize Your Potential,” in Informal Learning Review 2005

•	"Search for Genius in All the Unexpected Places to Stimulate Innovation,” in Arthur VanGundy, Ph.D. and Linda Naiman (eds.) Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improvisation, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer; A Wiley Company, 2003) ISBN: 13: 9780787962586

•	"Envisioning the Future of Education," in Walling, D.R. (ed), Under Construction: The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Postmodern Schooling. (Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa, 1997); pp. 243-272. ISBN -0873674987, 9780873674980 Google Books

•	Think Like A Genius: Use Your Creativity In Ways That Will Enrich Your Life (New York: Bantam Books, 1996; Transworld, 1998). ISBN 0-553-37928-3 Amazon Books

•	"ArtScience: Integrating the Arts and Sciences To Connect Our World and Improve Communication," Keynote Addresses in National Art Education Association, 35th National Convention Houston, Texas, April 11, 1995; p. 27.

•	"Metaphormers: Connecting Our Work and Our World Through Metaphorms," R&D Innovator, July issue, 1994; pp.1-4.

•	Breaking the Mind Barrier: The Artscience of Neurocosmology. New York: Simon and Schuster, 416 pp. with 100 b/w line drawings, End Notes, Index, Bibliography; softback: New York: Touchstone Books; 416 pp. with 100 b/w line drawings, End Notes, Index, Bibliography; foreign editions: Chinese, Spanish ISBN 0-671-69097-3 Google Books

Again, many thanks (George Cabe (talk) 14:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)).
 * I am still hopeful that an inclined veteran editor would consider reviewing this page to give it the proper references and information it deserves. A stated my COI prevents me from editing it.

George Cabe (talk) 17:34, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

why this needs work
Specifically, WP:NORESUMES.
 * Let it be put plainly and simply: if you were [actually] so cool, you wouldn't have to post your résumé on Wikipedia.

As almost the entire References section is written either by Siler or about Siler (rather than, say, an objective source lending support to the sort of work that Siler has attempted), and none is properly cited in the article, for the sake of user utility I have blanked them for the moment — certainly anyone smart enough to read up on Siler can figure out how to use DuckDuckGo or similar. These are welcome to return when inserted properly; maybe the article could use some explicit See also or better use of the External links section.

I've replaced the musty More footnotes cry (6.5 years old and still unaddressed) with something more relevant. Weeb Dingle (talk) 16:10, 14 October 2018 (UTC)