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 (47)
npauling
A wonderful fish about to jump out of the water to get a fly. A super fractal. I do hope you can get on top of that headache they are ghastly aren't they.
greyone
Outstanding image Mies!!! I'm very sorry to hear your headaches are still so strong. Your artistry does not suffer.
bobrgallegos
Awesome and beautiful work Mies!! Hope You get over Your headache.
evinrude
OUTSTANDING. Love the muted palette.
jmb007
un poisson volant,peut être!!
farmerC
Schitterend werk Mies.
Richardphotos
very exciting fractal art
adrie
Zeer mooie fractal image Mies, het spijt me te horen dat je zo veel hoofdpijn hebt....maak je geen zorgen om de comments....je gezondheid gaat voor...groetjes Adrie.
Glendaw
Very gorgeous work Mies. Awesome colors and lighting. So hope you are feeling better soon.
helanker
I see a fish jumpping out of the water and kiss a horse on his ear :-) Awesome again Mies :)
danapommet
Amazing fractal and I thought of the fish at first but zoomed and saw a Toucan. So I think it is a magical fractal. :>) Dana
iceberg5
Wonderful transparent effects in your very fine image .
myrrhluz
Beautiful image! I love the silvery lines of the fish (you see my choice!) and the way they shine and move. I think it is a carp and it is swimming up the waterfall called Dragon Gate, at the headwaters of Yellow River in China. Soon it will be turned into a mighty dragon and then it will indeed fly! It is like you. It has courage to fly over obstacles. Fly high my friend, as high as your beautiful art, and far away from those terrible headaches! I hope you feel better soon.
jclP
superb fract
lyron
Splendid creation!!
Rose-Lignes
hm... ik zie zowel de vogel als de vis, maar het is toch de vogel die ik beslis te zien. toch weer een afbeelding die te maken heeft met water!
rachris480907
FANTASTIC!