“A flower is basically a weed with an advertising budget.” Rory Sutherland Years ago, I was lucky enough to work with two giants in the advertising industry. Out of respect, I am not going to name them because they would want it that way. One was a suit, the other a creative. They were bothContinue reading “Advertising. The love story of an engine and a compass.”
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Advertising. Enough plankton, and you sir, have a whale.
“Man is what he believes.” Anton Chekov It has been a couple of weeks of belief and varying degrees of success. From the rescue of the incredibly brave football team in those very dark caves in Thailand to England getting to a semi-final in the World Cup and an unlikely South African hero called KevinContinue reading “Advertising. Enough plankton, and you sir, have a whale.”
Stranger Things. The Cannes Edition.
“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.” Lou Reed I had been looking for a sign for a couple of days. And there it was. I was walking down a little back street in Cannes. I reached one of those fashion outlets that always make me think they are a front for something else.Continue reading “Stranger Things. The Cannes Edition.”
Advertising. Do you speak creativity?
“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” Albert Einstein Doing stand-up in Poland. This is a phrase that we used to say at an agency I use to work at many years ago. It referred to a bad meeting with a client that involved a creative presentation. It wouldContinue reading “Advertising. Do you speak creativity?”
Advertising. The illusion of control.
Kintsugi. The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold. “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” Carl Jung Recently, I was in Sydney at an award show conveniently called AWARD. A young creative started chatting to me before the show about good and bad agencies. He askedContinue reading “Advertising. The illusion of control.”
What if you could change the world?
You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’ George Bernard Shaw I will get to the picture above a bit later. First, let me give you a scenario. Imagine there is a job you have dreamed of your whole life. It is all you haveContinue reading “What if you could change the world?”
A Priest and a Psychic walk into a New York Bar.
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” Steve Martin This is one of my favourite pictures of New York. It shows the density of the place. As I am taking a picture of the graffiti, in that split second of focusing, a yellow cab and a man on a motorised wheelchair drifted into frame. AContinue reading “A Priest and a Psychic walk into a New York Bar.”
Two Lessons From The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge.
“Man, if you gotta ask you’ll never know.” Louis Armstrong Chicago. It’s almost midnight and it’s cold. But not too cold. It’s the kind of cold that makes you alert. It gives the evening a crispness and makes the neon signs a little sharper. I stepped out of the cab onto the green glowing pavementContinue reading “Two Lessons From The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge.”
Advertising. The worst laugh is at the back of the room.
“An egg is funny, an orange is not.” Fred Allen One of the most painful things you can ever see is a comic bombing. It is like watching somebody else being kicked in the balls but somehow you feel the pain. This was happening to me about a week ago. It was late atContinue reading “Advertising. The worst laugh is at the back of the room.”
Advertising. Be somewhere.
I want you to imagine I am telling you the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. In your head, run it through. Picture all the details, the twists and turns and the big ending. Right, now take the same story and tell it in half the time. Now halve the time again.Continue reading “Advertising. Be somewhere.”
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