![]() Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. I draw a girl without a face, drawing somebody else’s face onto her own reflection. ![]() This sensitive insight brings the book alive and binds us to her heart. Kiko has her own inner running dialogue expressed through her art which reminded me of Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun. ![]() I draw a girl with arms that reach up to the clouds, but all the clouds avoid her because she is made of night and not day. With her insecurity and anxiety combined with honest, edgy emotions result in a powerful book which swept me up and kept me awake long into the night. I was with her on this journey, all the way. ![]() I fell in love with the cover and then with Kiko who I identify with more than I want to admit. I paint a girl with wings instead of arms, flying along the border where darkness becomes light, unsure of where she’s supposed to be. Starfish is a treasure chest, bursting with succulent emotions which spread over the reader trapping them within the words. ![]() … but how a person feels on the inside apparently has nothing to do with how they look on the outside. ![]()
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