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 […]
We will be in Antigua for the next Creative Festival organized by Ugap, the Guatemalan Union of advertising agencies. We are going with the intention of enjoying Guatemala, which is a wonderful country, its jade jewel that is the incomparable Antigua, as [...]
A few years ago I started running. First it was a walk around the block to finish it out of breath, and then it was a gradual, slow and very measured increase. Before I had tried it in a hurry, and injuries [...]
In one of the most unexpected appearances in the history of Cannes, Yoko Ono displayed her enigmatic, legendary and captivating personality, moving in moments from the ridiculous to the sublime, from the unusual to the profound. At the end of her 45 [...]
Gold for Peru, Silver for Colombia and Bronze for Denmark. A great year for Latin America in the Young Lions Print Competition at the Cannes Lios Festival 2010.
Every Monday 7:15 PM. ArteCine Lindora. Free admission. Open invitation. Video Talks in English. Thought and designed for people who don’t like church. BALANCED: June 28, June 5, July 5, 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 2010. Can you be unbalanced financially [...]
BRAZIL WINS PRESS GRAND PRIX THE 2010 PRESS Lions’ Grand Prix winner is AlmapBBDO São Paulo, Brazil, for the Billboard Magazine campaign ‘Bono’, ‘Eminem’, ‘Amy’, ‘Britney’, ‘Marilyn’. Jury president Mark Tutssel, Leo Burnett Worldwide’s chief creative officer, said: “The Grand Prix winner [...]
Go ahead and take a look, it’s well worth the extra click. My words? They’re not needed. This is the description on Youtube: This was originally a Versus advert aired in 2009 however after many requests to remove the bull riding and [...]
When I was able to admire it with my own eyes a year ago, I never imagined the connection I would make with that mountain for the rest of my life. I was on Kalapatar, a peak at 5,550 meters elevation, at [...]
Among those of us who run marathons, as among those who share any affinity, anecdotes jump out one after another. So it was last night between DSQ runners and our wives. Everyone tells their story, their moment, their excuse or reason, between [...]
In Santa Ana today it was raining like a good storm day, what a relief! My Asics will remain without running today and the 40 minutes of scheduled training, will remain in the limbo of the pending. The anxiety grows and although [...]
The organizers of the Cannes Lions have had several years of discussion, even with all its representatives, and they have finally decided: the Lion for Creative Effectiveness will be launched in 2011. Although for years Cannes has been awarding ideas with results, [...]
I have little to add to a topic that I sum up in two words: simple and elegant. So is the Mini or my Q5, so is the Mont Blanc or even more the iPad. In a few clicks I buy my [...]