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 (42)
mariogiannecchini
very interesting fractal , Mies ! Splendid surrealist eye ! I hope that you feel better soon, Mies.
Glendaw
Amazing eye,it(you) sees beyond what is in front of it!! Excellent work,the layers are gorgeous. Awesome work Mies. I hope you can enjoy your company and all goes well.
carlx
Superb work and mood, Mies!!!
bobrgallegos
Wonderful work Mies!!
danapommet
I liked the feeling that the center of the eye was in clear focus and the outer parts are softer and a bit out of focus. Dana
adrie
Gorgeous all seeing eye fractal design dear Mies, you know your fractal design are so beautiful.....i am sorry to hear about your healt problems Mies, i hope they will find something that will works good on you my friend....hugs Adrie.
cannonn
this image is over human work!!!it is like a image of god!!!
tennesseecowgirl
Hang in there my friend, nice work!!
blondeblurr
Let's hope that the company of a lodger with similar problems, will bring some relief to your condition - and no stress to you ? It is worth to try something different - but not at the expense of your health, to make things worse ... here is hoping and praying ! I wish that I could hold your hands through this agony and help healing you, maybe there is such thing than healing hands? everything else has already been tried,right? I love the eye - a bit of James Bond illusion! ;-) take care of number 1 - BB
0rest4wicked
Think it a splendid design, and like the color choices
jocko500
read Psalms 91 every day and pray that the Lord open your heart to understand. lovely image. read where there was 60 Germans planes pinned down 400 men on Dunkirk beaches in WW2 They was told by the preacher there to say Psalms 91. they not only say it but yelled it out as the Germans bombed them, shelled them, and shot at them on this unprotected beach. when they was picked up not one was hit or killed. the preacher when he stood up to go looked down and saw where he lay a outline just a little bigger than his outline in the sand overlay his. the sand was not moved but smooth there. reading a book name "Psalm 91" by Peggy Joyce Ruth and Angelia Ruth Schum get the book and read it. Got a lot of storied and how God used this Psalms to help people
Hendesse
Fantastic fractal (not poor), wonderful textures and great depth. Looks beautiful!