{"id":41688,"title":"Cul-de-sac Decision","description":"...","content":"<p>Visual art and poetry by Matteo Delred<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/masrb16pskk9qwzhigenqvgbep4szjrlafdq2av42bl1qs5p.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"masrb16pskk9qwzhigenqvgbep4szjrlafdq2av42bl1qs5p.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>I was walking around town<\/p><p>with this huge open box<\/p><p>of vintage cooking magazines,<\/p><p>as they flapped around in the wind,<\/p><p>while I tried to keep them down with my chin.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/rzsfn5yub7n8k8qawt8l6qptviwwctzz7fe557fcfopaaqma.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"rzsfn5yub7n8k8qawt8l6qptviwwctzz7fe557fcfopaaqma.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>I\u2019m trying to sort out a new camera<\/p><p>after mine died in Edinburgh,<\/p><p>but everything seems so consequential,<\/p><p>like a cul-de-sac decision.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/ka31e0ab9x86eubrfzoxjou9rg6lvrosllm0yvnjle83hlzy.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"ka31e0ab9x86eubrfzoxjou9rg6lvrosllm0yvnjle83hlzy.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>I went to the Hunterian<\/p><p>and bought a German Revolution<\/p><p>Expressionist Print book:<\/p><blockquote><p>\u2018Mary Wigman\u2019s<\/p><p>dancers had bare feet<\/p><p>and did not go en pointe;<\/p><p>they remained in close contact<\/p><p>with the floor; their movements<\/p><p>often emphasised the weight of the body<\/p><p>and the gravitational pull of the earth.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/u98ah3kzu6sqrwgvohkvyohlpihitwnyjvoktumzr5l3qi3r.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"u98ah3kzu6sqrwgvohkvyohlpihitwnyjvoktumzr5l3qi3r.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>A guy asked If I could give him<\/p><p>a cigarette, and I said no.<\/p><p>\u201cYou are a liar, you fucking prick.\u201d<\/p><p>End scene.<\/p>","urlTitle":"cul-de-sac-decision","url":"\/blog\/cul-de-sac-decision\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/cul-de-sac-decision\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/lostcampitos.com\/blog\/cul-de-sac-decision\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1723244548,"updatedAt":1727199281,"publishedAt":1727199280,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":209850,"name":"Lost Campitos"},"tags":[{"id":2886,"code":"matteo","name":"Matteo","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/matteo\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/z7nugiu7azbvmnymtnecwbdqfrixij528nablahzf1stjgrl.jpeg?z=1.1&fx=0.54545454545455&fy=0.45454545454545","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/z7nugiu7azbvmnymtnecwbdqfrixij528nablahzf1stjgrl.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855&z=1.1&fx=0.54545454545455&fy=0.45454545454545","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/z7nugiu7azbvmnymtnecwbdqfrixij528nablahzf1stjgrl.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440&z=1.1&fx=0.54545454545455&fy=0.45454545454545"},"metaTitle":"Cul-de-sac Decision","metaDescription":"..","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":24851,"title":"Love","url":"\/blog\/love\/","urlTitle":"love","division":209850,"description":"Artist Matteo Delred and writer Rebecca Mar\u00eda reflect on love. Exploring different types of love, as defined by the Ancient Greeks.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/umrjnxs7qyv4mmajjpiopam85mxhwjzxx4c4dkt4pztfvz5q.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/umrjnxs7qyv4mmajjpiopam85mxhwjzxx4c4dkt4pztfvz5q.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":24941,"title":"Catching On the Fly","url":"\/blog\/catching-on-the-fly\/","urlTitle":"catching-on-the-fly","division":209850,"description":"Writer, Rebecca W Morris, and Photographer, Matteo Delred, capture thoughts and images at the train stops from Jerez de la Frontera to Cadiz on the Cercanias trainline.  For each stop, one piece of writing is written and one photo is chosen.  Seeing the same things they\u2019d seen so many times, but with new eyes.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/hxf4vqbdejmlykd3ffgu1m8pfwvwi6xgvo0kqtnu50cygkce.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/hxf4vqbdejmlykd3ffgu1m8pfwvwi6xgvo0kqtnu50cygkce.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":25084,"title":"Listening To the Birdsong From My Caged Window","url":"\/blog\/listening-to-the-birdsong-from-my-caged-window\/","urlTitle":"listening-to-the-birdsong-from-my-caged-window","division":209850,"description":"Matteo Delred and Rebecca W Morris capture the urban melancholy of being separated from the natural world through poetry and photography.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/7txvyg55ntk060bcks3mlugsnxi48onvirhfqfsftpnzp0ov.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/7txvyg55ntk060bcks3mlugsnxi48onvirhfqfsftpnzp0ov.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}