Pablo: A state of mind

Many years ago, a little boy from the Spanish city of Seville asked his father, 'cuándo voy a ser la edad suficiente para hacer lo que quiero'. His dad looked at him for a moment. 'No lo sé. Nadie ha vivido tanto tiempo aún', the bespectacled Mr.Garcia replied. His 6-year-old son, Pablo, looked at him with sorrow in his eyes. But in that sorrow was determination. 'Tarde o temprano, voy a hacer lo que quiero. Callate', he thought to himself.

He was an ambitious kid. He realized his true potential when once, in school, he managed to divide an integer by zero. His baffled teachers, of course, dismissed him as a jerk. A few years later, in biology class, the teacher, Fernanda, was explaining Darwin's theory of evolution. Pablo stood up. 'No hay teoría de la evolución. Sólo hay una lista de criaturas que me han permitido vivir'. Fernanda told Pablo to shut up. Pablo gave his teacher an icy stare, and walked out of the class, slamming the revolving door on his way out.

That was the last time Pablo set foot in a classroom. Of course, for a person who has counted to infinity twice, a classroom wasn't necessary. He set about writing his first book, 'Diario de Pablo' at the age of 10. Well, he didn't have to write it, actually. The words assembled themselves out of fear. Due to unfortunate circumstances, the book never saw the light of day. The manuscript was stolen from Pablo's house by Leslie, an Indian thief and rapist who came to Spain looking for booty. Pablo knew, but didn't mind. I asked Pablo about it as we sat chatting in his modest home. "Perdonar es establecer un preso libre y descubrir que el detenido fue usted".

He learnt about forgiveness long ago, as a kid. "Cuando yo era un niño solía rezar cada noche para una nueva bicicleta. Entonces me di cuenta de que el Señor no funciona de esa manera lo que me robaron una y le pedíque me perdone". In any case, Pablo believes in sharing. Life, information, knowledge. "Una vela no pierde nada por otro la iluminación de velas", he says. One thing Pablo really believes in is sharing information. He does that in a big way on his website.
He then took a sip of his coffee. Water actually. He ground the coffee with his teeth and boiled the water with his own rage.

Everyone fears him, as does this writer. When I was waiting for him in his rather dark study, I wondered if would get out alive. No one ever wants to be near Pablo when he's angry. The tales of his fury are legendary in his neighbourhood. Well, not just his neighbourhood. Intelligence sources say that Pablo features as the binding reason for several of NASA's space expeditions. Infact, Richard Branson's interest in space, including his travels there, stem from the fact that they fear being on the same planet as Pablo.

As I was waiting in fear, he came in. He didn't switch the lights on. He switched the darkness off. Infact, legend has it that he invented the colour black. Actually, he invented VIBGYOR, the entire spectrum. Not pink, though. Brad Pitt invented Pink.