2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. . In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Maurice; a spiritual retreat […]
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 [...]
In only 6 days of the month of October, A Fuego Lento has received 2,143 visits, with an absolute majority of those visits going to the image of the Truchiles, with a second place in the article It is preferable NOT TO [...]
A friend left today. Lucio: “See you soon, pata, count on me when it’s my turn”. Sincerely hurt by his sudden departure, I send a big hug to his brothers, his parents, his wife, his children, to everyone in his family, as [...]
With the recently published cases of Imperial Silver and the Harricks Eater, reported in Christian Cambronero’s excellent blog, Fusil de Chispas, some pepper returns to our Costa Rican advertising micro patio, especially seasoned by the naivety of many comments from those who [...]
Today I received an email from a blog reader who did me the favor of directing me to the Modernista site, as he thought it was an excellent idea for this site, in combination with those of Tribu and its affiliates. Thank [...]
This is a sense of timing, and understanding that if we are going to say something out there, we better do it by adding a direct, effective, inspiring and refreshing contribution. This is what Itziar Elizalde adds in expansion.com: Coca-Cola Spain has [...]
Here is a direct copy paste of a video and text I found on YouTube that is worth the 4 minutes and a bit it lasts. New Realism Economic conditions will profoundly affect our cultural context moving forward. As our creative content [...]
Del Campo Nazca Saatchi Saatchi has a bold and brave proposal to compete with the gigantic production budgets that come to Cannes in the beer category. I’m excited about this campaign and believe it will do very well at the big festival [...]
It was just in line, it competes and lines up as a very good performance option for Saatchi NY at Cannes. We’ll see, what do you think?
