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I know I already said so...but I totally love this.
In fact...I think I will make this the steampunk thread...lol
“You have never answered but you did not need to. If I stand at the ocean I can hear you with your thousand voices. Sometimes you shout, hilarious laughter that taunts all questions. Other nights you are silent as death, a mirror in which the stars show themselves. Then I think you want to tell me something, but you never do. Of course I know I have written letters to no-one. But what if I find a trident tomorrow?" ~~Letters to Poseidon, Cees Nooteboom
“We still carry this primal relationship to the Earth within our consciousness, even if we have long forgotten it. It is a primal recognition of the wonder, beauty, and divine nature of the Earth. It is a felt reverence for all that exists. Once we bring this foundational quality into our consciousness, we will be able to respond to our present man-made crisis from a place of balance, in which our actions will be grounded in an attitude of respect for all of life. This is the nature of real sustainability.”
~~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
"We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes--one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way."
~~Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Humans are not rational creatures. Now, logic and rationality are very helpful tools, but there’s also a place for embracing our subjectivity and thinking symbolically. Sometimes what our so-called higher thinking can’t or won’t see, our older, more primitive intuition will." John Beckett
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That is the sort of hat that I wish lived in my wardrobe. In fact I wish all my clothes were like that hat *dribbles*"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me"- CS Lewis
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I know I already said so...but I totally love this.
In fact...I think I will make this the steampunk thread...lol
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....done, since you hadn't
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[quote author=CabbageTheif link=topic=225.msg3818#msg3818 date=1287321817]
when this was made the steampunk thread, does that mean we can talk about anything steampunk? cause i wouldnt mind showing off a pic or two of me when i went steampunk at a convention over the summer
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yes...yes it does!! ;D“You have never answered but you did not need to. If I stand at the ocean I can hear you with your thousand voices. Sometimes you shout, hilarious laughter that taunts all questions. Other nights you are silent as death, a mirror in which the stars show themselves. Then I think you want to tell me something, but you never do. Of course I know I have written letters to no-one. But what if I find a trident tomorrow?" ~~Letters to Poseidon, Cees Nooteboom
“We still carry this primal relationship to the Earth within our consciousness, even if we have long forgotten it. It is a primal recognition of the wonder, beauty, and divine nature of the Earth. It is a felt reverence for all that exists. Once we bring this foundational quality into our consciousness, we will be able to respond to our present man-made crisis from a place of balance, in which our actions will be grounded in an attitude of respect for all of life. This is the nature of real sustainability.”
~~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
"We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes--one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way."
~~Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Humans are not rational creatures. Now, logic and rationality are very helpful tools, but there’s also a place for embracing our subjectivity and thinking symbolically. Sometimes what our so-called higher thinking can’t or won’t see, our older, more primitive intuition will." John Beckett
Pagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Wow, that hat is so cool ^_^
A friend of mine makes steam punk jewellery, and it was pimped by Cory Doctorow ^_^
shameless plug for her: http://www.darknouveau.com.au/
Also, question, can anyone recommend any good steam punk movies? All I've managed to find is Wild Wild West (which I don't like) and Steam Boy (which is AWESOME).
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this first one has me with my mask down. i am on the far left.
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group shot of just the men! i am crouching in the front
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third, similar to the second but with old timey brown
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i dont own any of these photos, i had to search for them online. which begs the question 'why did you offer if you didnt have them, zach?' well.... cause i get excited first then think after.
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Also, question, can anyone recommend any good steam punk movies? All I've managed to find is Wild Wild West (which I don't like) and Steam Boy (which is AWESOME).
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I think there are a lot of movies that capture the feel, even if they don't fit the era precisely.
For instance (and I know a lot of people didn't like it) I think Ven Helsing did a good job capturing part of the feel, personally. All of the great horror icons were Victorian constructs.
Other movies that I enjoy the aesthetic of, but some people might disagree with me vehemently on.
The most recent Sherlock Holmes
Atlantis and Treasure Planet from Disney
The Prestige
The Indiana Jones Movies and Hellboy (even though they're too late--diesel punk? )
I'm big on the sense of adventure, an age where there were still corners of the world unexplored, personally, though. If you really want some good concepts, read!
Tarzan of the Apes
Anything by Jules Vern
H.G Well's Time Machine
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (caution with this one, very graphic--I like the movie, too, but I'm be honest, it's darn silly). Better yet, use the references as a reading list.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Music I'd recommend:
Vernian Process
Abney Park
Unextraodinary Gentlemen (although their violinist is terrible)
Dr. Steel
Rasputina
Late Romantic classical music--
Paganini (the man made women swoon when he played, and was said to have sold his soul to the devil for his skills, I have a private fantasy of Paganini with mechanical fingers, in order to play so fast!)
Schubert
Donizetti
Wagner (the source of the stereotype of the chubby singer in the Valkyrie costume)
Rossini
Lalo (excellent violin concerto)
Smetana ( nationalist, look for Ma Vlast [my country])
Dvorak
Cutting the list short, there...for now....or else I'll go on all day :
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Some useful Steampunk clothing links, for ideas if nothing else--
Wild West Mercantile
Aether Emporium Wiki
The Five and Diamond
Gypsy Moon Clothing
The Edwardian Promenade
Victorian Era Online
Emily Way Hats
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