The Pika Files

Once, around the year 2000, I used an online Elven name generator to craft
a nickname. Privacy was still a thing then. Based on my given and mother’s maiden
name, the generator produced Avarhithion—a name with just enough mystery and
imagination to feel like it belonged to Tolkien’s elves.

I embraced it for years. A quiet alter ego.
One name to rule them all… J.K.

In time, I began using my given, full name. It felt more authentic. More real. Still, I carry
that early alias with affection—it’s stitched into the fabric of how I first learned to navigate
the online world. And even now, a part of me holds onto it.

Privacy remains important. But so is knowing what to share, and when.




Experiments in Motion
Twenty-some years later, I found myself exploring another kind of threshold: generative AI.
Specifically, text-to-video.

The software was strange, uncanny, and filled with potential.
I entered the space not as a believer or a skeptic—but as a curious maker.

I had heard the concerns: how these tools are often trained on the labor and creativity of others,
including artists who never gave their consent. Still, I chose to engage—eyes open, ethics in tow—
to understand the medium for myself.


Sometimes glitchy. Sometimes beautiful. Always unfamiliar.

Bonus Playlist: Refined Explorations
Alongside these raw clips, I’ve built a small YouTube playlist of slightly edited pieces—videos
where a particular moment sparked deeper refinement or further layering. Still conceptual. Still
exploratory. But with more intention behind their rhythm, flow, and presence.


a.i. fails and try-outs Youtube link.

These are sketches touched again—refined by curiosity, not conclusion.
A little more carved. A little more clear.