The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

What I Remembered, What I Ignored, and What I’m Taking Into 2026

2025 has been an intense journey full of contrasts. It began with a heartfelt goodbye and ends with my soul more open after the magical and serene family encounters that we usually experience in Escondida. Meanwhile, laughter under a blanket of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio, spiritual retreat in Kuchaman, spectacular […]

100,000 for your idea

Cannes Chimera is possibly one of the most unknown great ideas of the moment. It has just been re-presented at the annual Cannes Representatives meeting in London, so I can’t help but share it with you right away. Here is a video [...]

One hundred slides of Cannes

Jesse Dee has once again produced his classic collection of the best slides from the last Cannes International Film Festival 2102. Here they are: 100+ Beautiful Slides From Cannes Lions 2012 from Jesse Desjardins – @jessedee

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Referendum for the governance of the country

Referendum for governance. In a letter by José María Figueres to the country, sent first to President Laura Chinchilla, the most influential figure of the Costa Rican Way proposes a referendum for reforms that would initiate the recovery of a good dose [...]

Country project to transform Costa Rica

La Vía Costarricense is our country project, of those of us who live in Costa Rica and want it to be powerful, prosperous and exemplary. For this reason, without neglecting a single one of the other issues on the table, thanks to [...]

Where am I?

I am not hibernating. I’m just incubating. Accelerating. Connecting.

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Life is a short time

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CONSUMER

SOME LESS EQUAL THAN OTHERS

Casa Don Zezinho, with this message created by Almap, proves that although we are all equal, there are indeed some less equal than others. Sad.

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HAILE GEBRSELASSIE BREAKS WORLD RECORD

Haile Gebrselassie broke the world record last year in Berlin in 2:04:26, and he will try to break it again in 2008.

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IS CENTRAL AMERICA COMING TO SWEEP?

With only a few days to go until the last day of September, and therefore, with only 11 days left to publish the pieces for Pregoneros and Volcán, rumors have reached us that we will have a heavy participation of Central American [...]

AS IN THE WATER CYCLE

With the water cycle, presented in this beautiful animation, I connected with my years in advertising and that of almost all of us advertisers. It’s a long journey and like all, with obstacles and challenges at every step. One day we win [...]

OPENHOUSE FROM SEPTEMBER 15

Today begins at ArteCine Lindora the OPENHOUSE, an option for the ill-mannered like me, as it takes messages from conversational speakers from the United States, and projects them on the movie screen in an activity that does not exceed 60 minutes. Thus, [...]

The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

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