The title of this blog post, Swan Lake Reflections, Miss Banyan and Mr. Banana, is curious enough, but as a visitor, I’m sure you want to say, “What does that mean?”

I guess, the best way to explain it is to discuss a  conversation I had with my brother, artist Lynn Burton, when he called me curious about the way I give his pictures names.

“I don’t give my pictures names,” he said.

“I know,” I replied.

“That’s actually not a swan,” he said.

“I know, it’s a goose.”

“Then…why’d you call it a swan?

“Aw…now you’re getting into the method to our madness here at artcenterinformation.com.

“What d’ya mean?”

“It’s simple. We want as many viewers to the blog sight as possible. Very few people will go to Google or Bing or any other search sight and try to look up Goose Lake (I don’t even know if it is the name of a lake); however, there should be over eight million in the last few seconds that have looked up Swan Lake. I’d like a few of those to click on this sight out of curiosity.

“H-m-m-m…that’s interesting.”

“Yeah, more people will see your painting, and that’s what we’re trying to do here…get more visitors. I named the last painting I completed Miss Banyan and Mr. Banana. I don’t know if it’ll work, but I hope to get some of the four million in the last few seconds that looked up Banyan tree, or the eighty-six million in the last few seconds that looked up banana to come to our sight out of curiosity.  Who knows?”

“Wow, I don’t know a lot about this computer stuff, but it sounds like you’ve got a plan,” he said.

“You just keep painting those beautiful pictures. I’ll do the promoting,” I replied.

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