I got over to the studio later on this evening - I wasn’t feeling well today but dragged myself over there after running some errands in Park Slope.  Once I got to work - it was 4 or 5 hours of non-stop painting - and as promised - I created my first version of “Is Google God?” study / painting.

Painting: Is Google God?  Marshall Sponder - 3-24-2007  Oil Pastel / Pastel on Paper, 22 x 28″

A couple of things I added - the references to “Top 10″, that’s obviously a reference to the obsession to get be within the Top 10 Search Results.    Also, the long black “line” or “snake” is actually “The Long Tail” of Search.  

I’m really linking how I treated my “Thumb” with 3 patches of color next to each other (Red, Blue and Peach).   Feels great to be able both to imagine and execute on my ideas - I never used to have, years ago, as much freedom to “go all the way” as I do now.  I want to push my paintings as far as I can go.   Adding “The Long Tail” might have made the painting busier - but I got the intuition, last minute, to add it - it made sense to me The Long Tail (as a concept and image) ought to be depicted here.

I’ll probably do a larger acrylic painting, or series of paintings around this theme soon. 

We’ll see.

I am going to try something different today and post about what I’d like to paint before I got over to my studio.  I’m getting a late start but plan to go over there soon.   Also the Paris Trip is moving along - and my Passport arrived today - plus a certain amount of help, not as much as I’d have liked, but it’s in the right direction.

Not that easy for me to get a photo I liked - and it’s not exactly what’s in my mind- but it would do.   If the text in the search box of my mobile phone (IE: The Google Phone?) were clearer…. it would say….

Is Google God?

Well, maybe to some people, Google is like a “God” in it’s ability to reward traffic to those it “favors”.   Hmm, does Google take any ritual sacrifices?  I guess you can’t just make an offering and expect rankings and business to improve.

So…what I want to paint about is the power of Search Engines to shape our lives - and present us with a version of the truth - the Google Truth.  Maybe I’ll post something about this over at Webmetricsguru.com as it’s also about Web Analytics .. kinda.

I’ll let you know what I come up with.

Ha, Ha, Ha……is Google God…. I’m grinning, and having a good time with it….wonder what I’ll manage to do with that idea?  Stay tuned.