hello, cybernaut

My name is Patyt, and this is my open-ended story:

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During the summer of 1991, at the center of a booming industrial city in Mexico, “I was born with blood on my hands and had all the signs of a bleeding heart.”* That’s just a poetic way of saying I was born in a privileged middle class household and I soon started to carry the weight of ecocide and global inequality on my little shoulders :):(

Trying to make some sense of this mortifying, yet extremely fascinating existence, I have used my time to explore academic, working, and creative roles in a pretty wide range of fields. I’ve been a design engineer, writer, researcher, photographer, musician, activist, organiser of cultural events, coordinator of community spaces, and the list goes on and on and on and on and

All in all, 34 years living in this crazy world have taught me to take in our troubling times with a BIG heart, carry on a relentless, unapologetic fight for social and ecological justice, and make my ride on planet Earth as purposeful and joyful as humanly possible.

Despite having walked a sinuous life path, what guides my actions have always been openness and curiosity to grasping our history as it unfolds.

I study the past to learn how modern civilization arrived to its current predicaments; I strive to navigate the present with intention; and I envision the future with unleashed imagination to propose solutions for the newer generations to survive and thrive.

Because I am quite short, have a sort of informal way of presenting myself, and struggle to follow social and professional conventions, some people can find it hard to take me seriously. However, I do have notable credentials that speak for me. You can check those credentials on my CV.

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* James R. Mercer / The Shins. (2012). No Way Down, In Port of Morrow. Aural Apothecary, Columbia Records.