All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
There is no one who is unaware of the fierce and predatory competition among advertising agencies in the country and around the world. It would seem that the time of ladies and gentlemen has passed and it has become, as they say [...]
Live creatively.
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
Starting Movie Reviews integrated to the blog, I invite you to include your recommendations. On my side and my first, I have to include a story that takes place in Mongolia, unusual, unique and surprising. Its pace is slow, however, it is [...]
What we do in life… echoes in eternity. And if so… what are you doing with your life? what with mine? what are we doing with our lives? We didn’t get to be gladiators in a Roman arena. Nor Japanese invading American [...]
Pancho Terán, General Creative Director of TRIBU / Nazca Saatchi Saatchi, (very serious in this photo!) is a member of the jury for the New York Festival, and for this reason, we have seen him focused on his mission, which at the [...]
When Paula Guevara and Carlos Jiménez receive the brief for the Film competition in Cannes, next June 22 at 8 a.m., they will be competing against 19 pairs from around the world for a Golden Lion in the Young Creatives Film Competition. [...]
My heart is trusting because I know you and in the midst of the storm I am never alone and I can see your silhouette in the midst of the fog your grace is sufficient in me, if the world trembles every [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be a part of your life. Fear is subjective, personal, it is in each person to [...]
I celebrate advertising that contributes, that says something meaningful, for ideas that inspire and ignite. Standing ovation for messages that make the world a better place. With an extraordinary sense of timing, Messi’s goal yesterday is already an impressive commercial for Adidas: [...]
