Re: [microsound] beware the decibel...

[Randal Davis <randal_davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Analogies may not always be "fair," but they may be useful.

You perhaps misread me - my suggestion was not that there was anything
intrinsically damaging about, for example, painting, but simply that
blinding yourself does not improve your eyesight.  Just as being a sculptor
doesn't atrophy your hands - the point is, not having hands might effect
your ability to be a sculptor.

But, I think, we basically agree - if your ears rang for a week, you
suffered some measure of permanent loss.  Glad you don't want to do it
again.

RD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xdugef" <info@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] beware the decibel...


> Well .. that's hardly a fair comparison but I do work in computer
> animation for a living and the subject of eyesight is an issue ..
> fortunately LCD's are far less hazardous to vision than CRT's and have
> become widely accepted if not preferred in most workplaces.
>
> There was a time when CRT's gave me a headache.. for example looking at
> the CRT after returning to work from a vacation... or maybe it was just
> returning to work .. who knows..
>
> As far as I know there is nothign about painting that will cause you to
> lose vision unless maybe you get an eye full of turpentine.
>
> The two loudest and most painfull concerts I have ever been too were
> AC/DC and then years later Merzbow. Both caused a week of ear ringing..
> which I don't wish to experience again.
>
> --- Randal  Davis <randal_davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thought experiment: take an ice pick to your eyes, then decide to be
> > a
> > painter, and let me know how it works out.
> >
> > RD
>
>
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