9 years of Steampunk...

I have been floating in the Steampunk world for about 9 years now, though I was more leaning to it even in my Gothic days.  My journey has been a long winding one beginning knowing only my beloved Jules Verne and HG Wells, and discovering Nikola Tesla along the way.  The path began in the heart of Chicago's uptown, snaked through the Desert Southwest, and today finds me deep in the woodlands of Kentucky.

Antiques, old Victorian sci-fi and fiction, gears and clockwork, bronze, brass, and copper.... What is it about steampunk that keeps me so in love with it?  For me it is the fact that Steampunk is a haven for my creative self, a refuge in the craziness of this world, a place to say what could have been, and from looking at those could have beens, seeing what might be in the future.  It is a place where my faith meets science fiction meets awesome friends, and we create magic together!

 I don't know what my future holds, whether it will be years in Kentucky or returning to the Desert Southwest.  I don't know how long my service will be aboard the Airship Caduceus, but I am honored to serve among my fellow Steampunks here in Kentucky.  I pray that Clockwork Cross Outreach continues to grow, and aid others along the way.  I am just honored to have found my people among both the Goths and Steampunk, and trust we together can make a big difference in this world.

~ Michelle