. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
Jorge Jiménez Deredia is exhibiting his work once again, now in three locations in Sicily: – The archaeological site of Segesta: one of the most important archaeological sites in Sicily where one of the oldest and best preserved Greek temples is located. [...]
Listen to it here. Share it and enjoy it. And how not to take Puppy? It has been, is and always will be an unforgettable creative piece that deserves its chance at Cannes. As they say, gum and glue. Or in another [...]
The organizers of the Cannes Lions have offered us one more duo to participate in Film in the Young Lions Competition. Yesterday the announcement was sent by Lilliana González, Executive Director, to all the affiliated companies of the Community. Given the short [...]
Christian Fuentes and Noé Arias in Cyber, Mariana Morera and José Pablo Bolaños in Graphics, Paola Fatjó and Rebeca Barzuna in Clients, are the duos chosen to go to Cannes and compete in the Young Lions. We expect a lot from their [...]
Some studies have shown that products found by people on Pinterest are more likely to be purchased than on other social networks. Why is that? I find Pinterest fascinating, it invites me to explore much more than Facebook and has brought me [...]
Last year we had 61 entries in Cannes from 9 different agencies. In 2012, will we reach 100? The deadline has been extended and there is still some time left to enter the top creative competition on the planet. In Costa Rica [...]