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Sometimes the Universe helps you out. I was going to see Dan Wieden speak in Sydney. On the plane, I watched The Imitation Game. it is the story of Alan Turing and how he broke Enigma. It was seen as impossible to break.It had 150 000 000 000 000…
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Muhammad Ali and the Talent Code.
Muhammad Ali and the Talent Code..
When photography was music
When photography was music.
The Wisdom of Insecurity.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent Van Gogh The Wisdom of Insecurity is a book by Alan Watts I read when I was just starting out in advertising. The simple message is that certainty is an…
The red clogs Hamish made.
Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
Twenty years ago I was seriously broke. I used to count coins to go to the corner store. I would walk in and begin the negotiation Tango with a very kind Portuguese mama who owned the store. She would smile when I told her I would pay her the…
The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads.
“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.” Gilbert K. Chesterton Quick, name your top 10 Super Bowl ads from this year. I know, it’s a struggle. I am asking you to remember 10 out of a 100 or so ads whose sole purpose is to be memorable.Continue reading “The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads.”
Where are the crazy ones?
Where are the crazy ones?.
You never come all the way back.
You never come all the way back..
Mind the gap. The advertising tango.
Mind the gap. The advertising tango..
Mind the gap. The advertising tango.
“Music is what happens between the notes.” Claude Debussy I was watching Birdman the other night. It is a beautiful film. One of the central themes for me is the gap between the internal and external reality we all have. What you think you are and what you think you should be. Where you areContinue reading “Mind the gap. The advertising tango.”
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