Extravagance & costliness

Since returning from worthy farm alot has been spinning round my head. The elemental venue is such an amazing place, primariliy becuase of the huge amount of effort people put into to creating this haven in the mud.

I think of the moronic cow quiz team spending months getting ready for one night only - or Andy and Henrik producing a full on TV programme every night - or Greg and Claire organising everything, or all the team staying on their days off from work to stay up all night taking it all down only to collapse in a heap nursing wounds and scrapes and dreaming .

It doesn't make sense - on a cost benefit analysis it doesnt add up. Why do people do such things?

For me the key is extravagant worship - the whole venue is done for the glory of another, every effot and strain to show poeple what a redeemed, renewed and fulfilled community can acheive ....

So elemental team - thanks for breaking the alabaster jar all over glastonbury!

Matt

Matt Crossman

Glastonbury

another year on the elemental venue has left me tired and aching, but bursting with ideas. It is so amazing to be around creative people for a week. Every year the team gets bigger and more diverse - this year we had more live artists, some Hip Hop MCs and garf artists in addition ot the guys who have been doing healing, dream interpretation and nature based stuff for many years.

Nowhere else on the site has such a mix of poeple. I already miss some members of the team, but get the feel that a community is developing, and that some of you lovely poeple will be part of my real non glastonbury life.

so thanks!

Matt Crossman