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 (19)
magnus073
Wow Mies, you really went all out on this very lovely creation.
jayfar
'Found' is perfectly correct Jacomina and I have found this to be of my liking too.
Lenord
Splendid Apophysis work....I think every kid probably had a kaleidoscope at some point in their childhood, I remember tearing my first one apart to see how it worked, did that to everything just had to know how everything worked, probably why I became an Engineer later in life Peace (btw I don't know if it is good English, to write: "I found it so beautiful", it sounds not good to me, using the verb 'found' this way.) That's the way I'd say it, of course I don't speak English....I speak American and not all that well most of the time
durleybeachbum
Perfect English, Mies! Unlike my nonexistent Dutch. One of my Chinese lodgers gave a kaleidoscope for Christmas last year!
jmb007
jolie!
auntietk
I find it to be quite beautiful, as well, dear Jacomina! I'm always so pleased to see a bot from you for a fractal ... your work is always gorgeous!
flavia49
wonderful
jocko500
this is cool
Faemike55
Very cool and beautiful work Mies
netot
Lovely work, and thanks for the memory, I had one too, and I remember I was amazed by the beauty of the figures inside when I used it for the first time.
claude19
all is splendid here, tons, colors, designs ! an outstanding remembrance ! Thanks for this beauty !!!
peedy
Beautiful, Mies, with gorgeous colors. LOL@Len! :-D
myrrhluz
I love kaleidoscopes! I love the way the patterns flow one into another. This reminds me of a kaleidoscope too. It looks like it is merging from one pattern to another. The circular shapes give it both movement and a sense of looking down a tube. I love the colors and textures. While there is a lot going on, it doesn't really look busy to me. The wonderful variation between deep colors and light, and between dusty colors and splashes of vibrant reds, highlight larger patterns and along with the textures, make it sumptuous rather than busy. I like the hole in the center which seems to look through into the distance, and the 3D look of layers throughout. I like the mirrored patterns on either side of the hole, one in light pink on blue and the other light pink on dark pink. They are fun shapes which made me think of Dr Seuss. The dark green made me think of a canopy in a jungle. Beautiful image! Rich, vibrant, and fascinating!
helanker
OH WOW! Jacomina. I find it very beautiful too. I use this way of speaking all the time, so am glad to read, it is ok to use it... :-P
farmerC
Exellent werk mooie kleuren gebruikt.
voske
Mooie caleidoscoop vorm en kleuren,prachtige details ,knap werk.
Cyve
Merveilleuse creation ... Fantastique fractal également !
alida
great creation
danapommet
Pretty combination of colors! Mooie combinatie van kleuren!