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 […]
We all want success and fame. We want to be admired, respected and even applauded. Right? On a Volcano, in Cannes, Hollywood or in a public square, on stage or at home. Yet, when someone asks: Who has achieved real success, few [...]
Since Volcano hasn’t happened yet, I don’t have much new to tell you. What I can think is that it will be the prelude to a pitched battle next year for several reasons. If we consider this week’s competition, we could expect [...]
“Start at the end and work your way back to the beginning” is Andrew Stanton’s summary of storytelling. With English subtitles, I think you will want to apply his ideas every time you are going to speak in public, give a presentation, [...]
The COMUNIDAD de Empresas de Comunicación Comercial de Costa Rica presents the Pellizco y su Volcán. It is the local championship of advertising and commercial creativity, as the first Central American stage in the direction of the world. For sure we will [...]
Every fool with his or her own theme. I neither judge nor criticize, but applaud the important thing that is important to each one. It is not a question of more or less, nor if it is or not. What is important [...]
It’s 5:22 in the morning. I came to the kitchen hungry, thinking about putting some energy into my body before my workout. At 6:00 AM I go for 30 minutes of jogging and then 60 more in the gym with weights. The [...]
I am making a copy paste of the list of winners of the Volcan 2007, sent by Lilliana Gonzalez of Ascap early this morning to all the media. WINNERS OF THE CREATIVE ADVERTISING FESTIVAL VOLCAN 2007 AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES CATEGORY DIRECTION CATEGORY Production [...]
Good morning! How are you? Are you still smiling? How are you? If there is one thing I would love about this blogging experience, it would be the participation of those who read it. It would be great to establish the dialogue [...]
I am very satisfied with the Volcano that concluded just a few hours ago, as it brought to our community a combination of results that many, like me, did not expect. It is late and tomorrow there will be more time to [...]
Chic is an early nineteenth-century French word whose meaning refers to smart or stylish. Over the years, its use in English has referred to social events, situations, individuals, fashions or forms of dress. It combines elegance with soft avant-gardism and provokes an [...]
Today’s winners in the Volcán organized by ASCAP will receive their statuettes as a result of the voting of 27 jurors from all over Ibero-America. It is the largest participation in the history of a Volcano, and for this reason, it is [...]
Two lion hunters, with golds and silvers in their collection of international awards, gave us two close, intimate and inspiring talks, focused on their ideas to win and their proposals to the country to move forward. First up was Rodolfo Borrell, General [...]