We recently had the chance to connect with Pablo Cano and have shared our conversation below.
Pablo, we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
From the moment I step into my workshop I find myself again. I learned this for a fact when my mother passed away
last year. I was grieving and languishing for 3 months until one day I decided to go to my workshop and look at all
my collections of things and projects I postponed as caregiver to my mom.
It was as time stood still. I realized it was 6 AM until I went back home. Since that day I have been creating and dedicated my art to mom.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Pablo Cano and I am an artist. This year I turned 64. I work with found objects and marionette theater.
For the last 30 years I have performed my marionette productions. In 2013 I opened my Cricket Theater inside my garage. It is a micro marionette theater accommodating 20 guests. Currently, I am working on new characters for my Musical Marionettes shows.
Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. Who taught you the most about work?
My parents gave me a great sense of work ethic. They both followed their passions and lived very fulfilled lives.
My father was a musician, and my mother was a painter and librarian. They both succeeded in their careers and raised me and my sister. The most important gift my parents gave us was to follow our hearts on what we wanted to do in life and love what we chose to do.
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
Everyone must go through the passing of their parents. It is the most difficult emotional empty hole to fill.
I recently lost my mother Margarita and went through a very deep depression that lasted for about 3 months until I
returned to my workshop. I realized that my art was the legacy both my parents gave me to cope with sadness and
loss. From the moment I walked into my workshop I was transported into another world where my parents still existed in my imagination and the world is a beautiful, kind and peaceful place. It’s only when I feel too tired that I decide it’s time to return to the real world and go to sleep. Tomorrow is a new day to look at my art again and play.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. What’s a cultural value you protect at all costs?
My father taught me to take care of my family. This is the cultural value I protect the most at all costs.
If there is someone in need or hurting in some way in my family, I am always there for them.
Otherwise, I can’t create or focus on my work. Everyone has to be OK.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. If immortality were real, what would you build?
I think that I would build a children’s hospital with a marionette theater inside it.
Make it a chain of hospitals all over the world and call it Pablo Cano’s Children’s Hospitheater.
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Image Credits
Pablo Cano’s Cricket Theater and marionettes
