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 (27)
Faemike55
very beautiful card for Brigitte! Great work Mies Happy birthday Brigitte
jayfar
Very beautiful indeed Jacomina and a lovely dedi to Brigitte.
ia-du-lin
beautiful floral fractal image.
JuliSonne
Ooh...wonderful!! Wie Flügelschläge von vielen Schmetterlingen. Weich, warm, leicht. Ein bildhaftes Gedicht....
claude19
Mies your creations will look like ... an enlightened mind, a fairly quiet talent, and beautiful images to your friends' birthdays! Hi from France, Nantes little feet in the water! Affectionately ...
alanwilliams
wonderful in every respect
durleybeachbum
Fabulous, and perfect for the wonderwoman! Not long till she hopefully visits us, eh!
blondeblurr
Yes, I can hear you all singing, right out loud and clear - LOL ... thank you, thank you very much, take a bow - you all did very well ! ... and I do love my Birthday present, your creation has such lovely bright and happy colours, superb textures - it puts a big smile on my face - you should see it, a smile that looks like a Cheshire Cat's smile - especially after reading all those aforementioned comments, more smiles ;) ;) ;) MOI - a wonder-woman??? Andrea, you are killing me (laughing) ... I really appreciate the effort you are going through, by putting on a brave face, (despite your ever-increasing pain!), just to wish me a happy day - here I am, also hoping and wishing you the same a.s.a.p. Jacominchen ! Your OZZY mate ;)) thanks so much once more, you too made my day! BB
Hubert
A beautiful card!! Happy Birthday to Brigitte! :)
Mark-David-Rogers
This really is a wonderful piece of fractal art, lovely colours and complex composition, I love the way you have incorporated the frame into the piece. Reminds me of some other artists who do this too such as Howard Hodgkin. Lovely card.
peedy
Stunning bday card, Mies. Gorgeous colors. Corrie
magnus073
You did an amazing job on this very lovely birthday dedi, Mies.
helanker
OH How wonderful this with the sunny and cheerful colors. A gorgeous dedi for your friend. Happy Birthday Brigitte.
Allenox
Beautiful.
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous
X-PaX
Very nice birthday card for Brigitte Jacomina. Well done.
kepp
superb image Mies
farmerC
Een hele mooie Mies.
flavia49
marvellous dedication
sandra46
WONDERFUL IMAGE
mgtcs
Amazing colors and design Jacomina, excellent abstract and sweet dedication, congratulations!
jocko500
lovely
jif3d
Great looking fractal, so bright and cheery...just one layer ? WOW, looks like a whole heap more ! Kool Birthday dedication for Mum ! ~Cheers~ :o)
alida
great fractal
myrrhluz
This is beautiful, Jacomina! The colors and light are gorgeous. I think if the gods of Mount Olympus took up painting, they would use light for their palette and paint an image like this. The rich colors remind me of lacquer work. It is so vibrant and beautiful! Wonderful image and dedication for Brigitte!
anianiani
Stunning art Mies..Thanks.
danapommet
A lovely creation for a very special person - Happy Birthday Brigitte and many, many more to come.