MFOER TV

Ever since I was little, I’ve been in a constant state of existential anxiety, it’s been a little bit of a preoccupation, and I’m sure I’m not alone. I think that’s probably the state of humans—an utter and palpable feeling of isolation—and that’s why we need to make things. Something happens when this switch gets turned on, and I realize, “Oh my gosh, we’re completely alone.” And that is what I try to tap into. I think that’s probably at the heart of why I like doing this so much. It’s a direct outlet for that anxiety, and through being other people and finding an engine of expression, there’s a feeling of immortality. I get to live all of these lives.

Do you know the Bushmen who live in the Kalahari Desert? They have two types of “starving people.” Starving people. "Hunger” in English. “Little Hunger” and “Great Hunger.” Little Hunger is a person who is literally hungry. Great Hunger is a person who is hungry for the meaning of life. Someone wishing to know why we live, what meaning there is in life, that sort of thing. They are truly hungry people. So they are called “Great Hunger.”

It Must Be Heaven, 2019

You’re gonna end up alone. You’re gonna end up unhappy. I know this, I’ve written this, you’re saying words I’ve actually written.