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 Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
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 [...]
I often have an amusing discussion with my children, because I think there is no better pizza than anchovy pizza. They find it obnoxious, while I find it wonderful. The anchovy is always salty, juicy and defined, so it stands out [...]
I see it as simple as this: the Volcano is our national championship. The Antigua, Ojo or Fiap festivals are regional tournaments, and without a doubt, Cannes is the world championship. The Volcano, however, is the sole responsibility of Costa Ricans, both [...]
There are twitts of twitts, but this one I had to bring to my blog. joller Jorge Oller I had to post it on my blog…. thx! @JorgeContrerasN “@manicLu: “@LuandCo: Photo: Pretty inspirational Colors!!!tumblr.com/xqy47rpdwz” 😉
A few days ago Arnaldo Garnier appeared with a comment on my blog. There he left among others a sentence where he clarifies that there are competitors of his that he does not respect, and then he spices it up by calling [...]
As president of ASCAP, in 2007 I had the honor of announcing the Agency of the Year at the Horseshoe Salon. In that Volcano we decided that we would do so, and when it was my turn to do so, it was [...]
Bill Bernbach, the greatest creative among the greats of the 20th century, left a gigantic legacy. At the same time that Burnett and Ogilvy were writing their history, Bernbach’s B at DDB made a profoundly influential contribution to advertising and to this [...]
