“we are dreamers, we recognize them at first glance, our eyes shine even in broad daylight, we always have one foot in paradise and one in purgatory we escape hell, we bring immeasurable beauty into the world, we are never poor even when we own nothing and we are never alone, always embraced by dreams bigger than ours. we are dreamers and we recognize them at first glance because our paths converge towards infinity.”

Andrea Melis

Andrea and I have a lot of things in common. We both work with words and ink. He writes, I print. In the past we both dreamed of a different way of living, a different way of working – and we never gave up on that, leaving once and for all the fabled “comfort zone” to seek the uncertain, the exciting

We live in the era of communication: we’re all connected with each other, but rather little with ourselves Thus, in a world of broadcasts and algorithms, real dreamers can be spotted from afar at first sight. Nella bio di Andrea Melis si legge: In Andrea’s bio we read: “I had everything I needed to live, but I could no longer survive the siren call of my dreams.” His dreams really DID come true: he went from working in a call center, to self-publishing, to finally have his work published by Feltrinelli Editore.

The beautiful poetry of my dear friend Andrea Melis goes in the proof press once again.