anrimeal: Half Fool Half Empty

Memories of sleepy Portuguese beach towns and a chance encounter with Quelle Chris in Café Oto's bathroom

Five years ago, the artist Ana Rita de Melo Alves had a strange dream. She was drowning in the sea, when the patron Saint Christopher came to her rescue.

“When I woke up, there were fresh scratches on my face that made me remember the dream in sharp detail, and made me take it seriously,” Ana writes. “Whatever had happened in the night had crossed the li…