Stars & the Human Heart is a short hand drawn animation that uses found footage of cosmos and human organs to draw connections between cycles of life and death in us, the natural world, and the universe.

“We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins,

carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains.

93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames,

we are all just stars that have people names.”

— Nikita Gill