“I’ve been reading a number of posts about Cannes this year, many are saying it seems to have lost its way.

Many have been saying it is now more an overpriced tech gathering than a celebration of smart advertising creativity.

Also, many noted the lack of young people. Why is that? Are they not interested? Or can’t afford to go? Or their agencies won’t pay to send them. Seems odd for an event such as Cannes not to be flooded with the next generation of talent.

Maybe it’s time for a new event. One that is purely dedicated to the creative craft of advertising. It doesn’t even have to include awards, maybe it would be better if it didn’t. Instead, focus on elevating and inspiring better creativity in the industry.

No mega yachts, no overpriced hotels, and no bookends. Just creativity. Now there’s an idea.”

Mastery of language enables one to influence the sea of consciousness (starting with your own) and consciousness is the base layer of reality, which means the more you can shape it, the more you can enact magick (which is simply sculpting reality to your will) and the only reality-sculpting worthy of a human life is an egoless pursuit of the ultimate romance – that of tickling the divine.

Phones, with their ability to transport you to other worlds, want to convince you that the one you’re stuck in doesn’t have anything worth paying attention to. But through my journaling, I realized something: We’re shoulder to shoulder with many universes; countless lives, hopes, dreams and fears as complicated as our own, all clustered in the same crowded shops, train cars and sidewalks. Why ignore all that?

Some places need this