Dochtersions: Hello everybody! Under the name "dochtersions" I started, at the suggestion of my dear husband, in sharing my photos, fractals, and also some paintings, and other 2D art here at Renderosity. That was in January of 2010. I still use my two owls as avatar, which is a reduced image of one of my oil paintings.
The name "dochtersions" came into my head as only one, when I was looking for a name for my blog that I started in 2007.
This name is not that strange, as I know that God is my real father and mother at the same time, and I know that God loves me more and deeper than a man can aware of (or at least I think this way)
I live in the South of The Netherlands together with my retired husband. I've had various occupations. In my last job, I was working as an assistant to a paediatrician and a rehabilitation specialist. When I had children, I graduated "health awareness", and gave lectures on various topics, plus vegetarian cooking classes to teenagers.
My husband and I have together two daughters and four grandchildren. Which all live abroad, to be precise in Lacey (WA-USA) and Davos in Switzerland.
I've always been busy with all kinds of creativity. As a child I drew a lot, later pottery, needle art, tapestries, weaving, batik art, macramé, etc. Painting with oil was my last great hobby.
Around about the year 2000 I started having unexplained physical symptoms as well as insomnia, which was later diagnosed as having PTSD. It turned out that I had repressed a traumatized youth. However, the physical symptoms made that I no longer could be busy with my passions, the real painting, and other activities (f.e. reading books, gardening, travelling), which I was doing without a limit.
What I can stay doing well in limited form, is playing music on my mandolin and my guitar, and also to enjoy/listen my favourite music, which is including the cantatas of J.S. Bach and his sons , f.e. also music from G.F. Handel, G.Ph. Telemann, a.s.o. This is also the kind of music that my husband (on its church organ) and I (on my mandolin) play together.
After being diagnosed with PTSD a lot changed and I was forced to look for alternatives in which I could express myself. That is, that for years I started writing, and poetry, which go quite intense and as a sort of automatic. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the English language is not sufficient enough, so I write in my mother tongue, with sometimes a few exceptions. The thoughts come to my mind right at unexpected moments, and it’s wonderful, to surrendering to your train of thoughts.
In the encounter more and more of impossibilities, in connection with, f.e continuous pains, I learned to shift my gaze. Searching for distractions and alternatives, I learned to focus my happy mind on all the wonderful and admirable little things in the world around me.
My husband since 1968 Karel (kareldg on RR) bought a small pocket camera for me, and taught me to work with Fractal Explorer. Through my little Sony camera I learned to look differently, to see deeper; to see the details, the structure, how refined, and just so unique the small ones are in God's creation.
What is one of my daily tasks is trying to support people who suffer from PTSD, but they suffer more in an emotional way, and I can understand them and listen to their story (digital) they trust me.
Renderosity: What projects are you currently working on?
Dochtersions: Of course I would love to take more concrete technical knowledge to me (to acquire), and follow tutorials, how to work with Ultra Fractal, Mandelbulb, etc.. The capabilities of PSP investigate and experiment with it.
The manual of my current camera (Canon PowerShot SX50HS, and as pocket camera Panasonic DMC-TZ35, since 2020 I use a Canon PowerShot SX70HS). I would like to sift through, and experiment with it. But exactly that kind of things, such as reading comprehension, concentration, makes this especially, by the constant dominating intense facial pain, really impossible.
All in all, I continue to look for improvement, while in the meantime trying to be light-hearted, happy and hopeful, to be open to everything that's coming my way. I enjoy art, stay in the nature, the outer man/woman in me, the love that I've been given, to realize this, and to be thankful for. Wherever I am happy with is that I am able to meet so many lovely people through RR. Unfortunately, only digital, but I'm also grateful.
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Comments (52)
mininessie
oh dear! you have a great good humour even in the bad moments....i admire you! take care and i wish you can have your garden coming back soon and wish you better health too! hugs! Ines
Mondwin
Go my Friend..i hope for You better time..bravissimo!!DDD.husxx Whylma
EpicMist
Fantastic expression in text, shape and color. We've had some thunder & lighting too, but it was not as bad as it was at your place.
claude19
SPLENDID humor Mies !I love your creativity ! Congrats for your philosophy !
magnus073
Mies my friend this is such a beautiful work of art and your message was so inspirational. Please never feel guilty as your friends know the pain you are going through. You are in my prayers my friend.
Juliette.Gribnau
mooie vloeiende beweging in deze fractal
flavia49
fabulous image!!
peedy
Beautiful image! Had je hout voor de kachel nodig, Mies? hehehe Corrie
tennesseecowgirl
This is so beautiful, and I am so sorry to hear you are feeling bad, I sure hope things improve~
Faemike55
I hope that your head feels better soon! as for the damage, take pictures, even in destruction, there is beauty. a unique scene that you'd never thought of before
alessimarco
Brilliant work! I hope that you are better soon...and glad you were safe from the storm!
wannes
Opbeurend en inspirerend gedicht, net als het kunstwerkje. Ik kan me helemaal vinden in je woorden. Ik vind het erg bewonderingswaardig dat je ondanks je pijn optimistisch blijft... houden zo! Sterkte!!!
0rest4wicked
Soothing colors!!
durleybeachbum
Good news about your nasty neighbours tree! A WONDERFUL image!
farmerC
Vind het een Mooi lijnenspel.
jmb007
il faut se dire que la prochaine fois,l'arbre ne tomberas pas,il est deja tombe!!!superbe image!!
kepp
super abstract image
jayfar
A dream out of the blue Mies.
carlx
Fantastic composition and mood!!!
Dreamingbee
take care Mies - and wonderful work !
mgtcs
Fantastic textures and colors my dear, I really hope you get better soon!
sandra46
terrific creation and poem, congratulations!
renderix
...impressive fe and moving words..take care
npauling
A beautiful fractal with a super atmosphere to it. I'm glad you weren't out in your yard when the tree fell. They never look so big until the fall over eh. A lot of work to cut up.
afugatt
Looks wet and beautiful, like a storm!
Rerewhakaaitu
Mies, you know there is much love going out to you, and much, much understanding and sharing of pain and beauty and today which must be endured to let tomorrow come. Like the tree falling in the storm a tragedy that created light and jam
vxbob
Interesting like the soft coloring
cannonn
I hope for You better time, my dear friend superb work!!
wjames
Fabulous work Mies, and I just love your little stories!
jocko500
very wonderful