Al Groethe

Hiku and the Search for the Purple Emperor Al Groethe

Have you ever tried to imagine what lies between your eyes being open and your eyes being shut? Have you ever wondered what is happening at the precise moment when your eyelashes flutter together like the wings of a small, delicate creature? If you are one who has never wondered, We wish to tell you a secret. There is a world in that space between wakefulness and sleep, a world dotted with island after island and it exists?in the blink of an eye.
Hiku, a young butterfly, discovers what is truly important to one's life when he flies to six of these islands in search of life's meaning.