Arny Krueger wrote:

AFAIK cosmetology is based on technology. It's about light and how various
substances reflect and transmit it and how they interact with the surfaces
they are on.

Since I am calling it quits on uk.rec.audio i'll take soem time and
answer some of your questions and correct a few of your mistakes.
Cosmetology is something seperate from makeup artistry. Hair stylists
need to go to cosmetology school and get a licence. So do cosmetitions
who do facials and other sorts of skin care services. It's no big deal
just a point of fact.



I wonder how Scott would feel if someone who had as little knowlege of
cosmetology as he has of audio would try to tell him how to do his job.


I would actually pay attention to any ideas that may have merit
regardless of the source. Some of us are always looking for better ways
to o things. Some of the best ideas in the field of makeup artistry
have come from hobbyists. BUT this question is based on the false
premise that I have been telling audio pros how to do their job. When
have I done that? Who here records or masters LPs or CDs
proffessionally?



After all, cosmetology is all just about aesthetics, right?

No. But makeup artistry is just about aesthetic effect.


Anybody with a
good eye for aesthetics should be able to do his job better than Scott does,
right?


Anybody with more artistic talent than me should be able to do a lot of
the things I do better than me. and anyone who thinks so is free to
try. There are two didstict aspects to my line of work. One is
technical and one is artistic. Yes there is some cross over but not
that much. There are people that specialize in the technical aspects of
makeup atistry, some that specialize in the artsistic aspects of it and
some, like myself, that try to be as good as they can be in both
aspects. My technical skills do not make me a better artist. If *you*
have a substantial artistic talent you would be able to walk off the
streets into a lab and do better aesthetic work than the best and most
experienced lab tech that specializes in the technical side of things.
But you know Arny, in the end, my work goes before millions of people
and they are all free to form their own aesthetic opinions about it. I
have no problem with that. I don't expect them to know any of the
technicalities of my jo to form a valid opinion of the results of my
efforts.


Scott