Kevin Focke

“Bloated software causes IT stress farts.”

“Why should I wake up if not for myself? The others are smiling façades anyway or they’re programmed to feel joy. Push comes to shove we live in a fake world, pretending life’s always golly which is life’s greatest folly.”

“I think the suicide rate is so high among writers because we force ourselves to stand still, take an outsider’s perspective, and realise how quickly a life passes by, and how futile we are. The exhilarating upside is that at a moment’s glance all your worries fade away, and you can work on making the most of it.”

“The tragedy of art is the misalignment of merit and the perception thereof. A hype is a classic example of positive (from the creator’s perspective) misalignment. Van Gogh is a classic example of negative misalignment, a poor laggard who may enjoy the fruits of his labour rotting under the ground. Van Gogh went unrecognized, ostracized, and is now celebrated as many who have come before him, and many who will come after him. Therefore, I declare here, the Wisdom of the Crowd does not apply to art.”

“We treat what’s lost, what could have never been, what we could have never dreamed of, again. We treat it like heirlooms for it is so precious. For we know it can be lost, again.”

“Naught but leaves brushed in the wind, stemming from the forest behind my house. Oh, and of course, the wildlife seized every chance to tell the stars who they were; they hooted, howled, and growled. And deep under the roots of trees in little holes lived rabbits, cuddling next to their young. All the while Mr. Ant and his colony were dragging a once boisterous Nocturnal Cicada to the nest; a feast for days! I suppose my daydreaming occasionally did extend into the night. I’ve spent countless hours I’ll never regain, but for the off-chance I was right just once, it was worth every second.”

“Progress is hard, achievements are easy, and giving up is easier still.”

“Be creative, be innovative, consume what everyone consumes and make it fresh!”

“Trial. (Fail.) (Succeed.) Repeat.”

“Focke's razor: Never attribute to plot holes that which is adequately explained by miracles.”

“Death is the first and final entry in the book of this life.”

“Storytellers are master manipulators transforming non-reality (grounded in reality) into vicarious experience.”

“Jealousy is projected self-pity.”

“In my opinion, works of art should be viewed as gifts; something precious given from a point of empathy, where personal enrichment is vastly superior to the value of the gift, and the giver begs for nothing but for the gift to shine on its own.”

“Money changes people. This process is more commonly known as trading.”

“It’s a sad fact that some people are only remembered once they’re dead.”

“I don’t experience writer’s block, I only have periods of severe writer’s diarrhoea; an incoherent mess of unfitting words placed in random sentences. Luckily, I can usually separate the shit from “the shit” later on.”

“When I’m passionate about something I strive for excellence, judging whether or not I achieved it is up to the audience.”

“Relatable escapism can only be achieved using facets of the real world.”

“Fear is like a little germ in your head, allow it to grow and it takes over your all.”