Pantera: The Art of Sculpting Fog
The de Tomaso Pantera. Around $10,000.* In Italy, men build cars with passion. One of them is Alejandro de Tomaso. And this is his car. Pantera. ————- The evolution of the print ad is something that deserves its own dissertation (I am sure there are many) and today too much copy scares away even the […]
You Can Lead A Horse to Water…
Okay, so where am I? Sistine Chapel: God creates Adam I’m at the Vatican and anyone in the advertising game will tell you that this is probably the last place you want to be potentially facing the wrath of God for all of your past sins stretching the truth and checking the Federal Trade Commission […]
The Birth of Venus
Dartmouth says that “personal diversity” means entertaining many different kinds of experiences in your own, daily life. It goes beyond the ordinary diversity in which we find ourselves surrounded, like it or not, with people who offer us counter narratives. Personal diversity means filling our days with activities that don’t match up with what we […]
Che Palle!*
Okay, so where am I? I’m at the airport having a rather pointed conversation with the Alitalia desk manager about the upgrade to business class I just paid for my trip to Rome where I may or my not be going for a short film shoot. Although I paid my $950 to gain entry into […]
Travel & Adventure Show: Skepticism Eliminated
Okay, so where am I? No, not underground writing my latest screenplay or those two book projects that are nearing deadline. Believe it or not, the 2012 L.A. Travel and Adventure Show called to me like the North Star in the dead of night. I know. I know. I was skeptical too. But off to […]