If steampunk has a mission, it is, in part, to restore a sense of wonder to a technology-jaded world. “Today satellite photos make the planet seem so small,” Mr. Brown lamented. “Where is the adventure it that?” In contrast, steampunk, with its airships, test tubes and time machines, is, he said, “sort of a dream , the way we used to daydream. It’s like part of your childhood’s just bursting forward again.”While I agree with the sense of wonder part, it's exactly the smallness of the planet that makes velopunk possible. Many gentlemen cyclists, and their ladies, come to Lake Pepin from as far away as Canada and California. The rest of the year we communicate by email and listserve. And where would any of us be without eBay's vintage bike and spare parts categories?
Steampunk style is also an expression of a desire to return to ritual and formality. “Steampunk has its tea parties and its time-travelers balls,” said Deborah Castellano, who presides over salonconvention.com, which organizes neo-Victorian conventions. “It offers an element of glamour that some of us would otherwise never experience.”
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