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.
Comments (22)
durleybeachbum
Absolutely beautiful, Mies! Have a peaceful and hopefully pain free day.
greyone
This looks gorgeous Mies. The song you picked fits the display perfectly. I hope this finds you and Karel enjoying a lovely Christmas.
jmb007
belle image
auntietk
Gorgeous! It looks like the best stained glass in a cathedral. You do such amazingly beautiful work. :)
claude19
Gorgeous composition on a Bach cantata !!! splendid association !!!
bobrgallegos
A most beautiful star and poem Mies!!
LindaPerryMcCarthy
I love this, Mies. I see the true meaning of Christmas here, beautiful, evocative and excellent work. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy 2015!
Glendaw
Wow what a gorgeous image Mies. looks like a Cathedral with glass stained windows. The colors, lighting and depth are astonishing. Awesome homage to the great Johan Sebastian Bach ! Wishing you and Karel a Blessed Christmas Day.
Faemike55
Very beautiful work and words Merry Christmas to you and Karel
Bampster
A very delightful image, it glows from within, superb colors. You captured the spirit of the season. Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!!!
magnus073
Mies, this is one of the most amazing presentations I've seen in a long time. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas.
peedy
Beautiful, Mies. Mooie kleuren. Prettige feestdagen, jij en Karel. :-) Corrie
giulband
Very fine work !
jayfar
Thank you Jacomina and I wish you and Karel a really good day
farmerC
Prachtig werk Mies. Fijne Kerstdagen.
flavia49
Marvellous picture! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
jocko500
wonderful
netot
Lovely work, Mies.! I hope you and Karel had a Merry Christmas and will have a new year full of happiness and blessings!
danapommet
A very beautiful creation for the holiday with Bach! Wishing you and Karel a very Merry Christmas plus a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! Een zeer mooie creatie voor de vakantie met Bach! Ik wens u en Karel een zeer Vrolijk kerstfeest en een gelukkig, gezond en voorspoedig nieuwjaar!
anahata.c
Oh Jacomina, I studied "Wie schön leuchtet Morgenstern"---especially the opening and closing movements; the last for the chorale, of course, and the first for the oh-so-typical Bach "chorale prelude," with its slow tranquil chorale melody floating above the music, while the music below moves like a lushly flowing river...from heaven straight to Bach's pen. And I can tell you, your image flows like the music flows; in fact several of your lines, here, feel like music staves, with actual notes on them. But your fractal also feels like a big German church, from the Baroque era, with its heavy vaulting in the ceiling and the heavy posts going down from it. Including the typically rich decoration all around it. You captured all that. But beyond all that, you got the feeling of an appearing 'star'...Your deep blues are beautiful, and the wavy effects are like silk; a big silken fractal for Christmas. Bach would have approved. A beautiful image for the holiday, and I hope yours was wonderful and warm, and filled with love; and that the love carries with you throughout the whole year. A wonderful holiday to you and your loved ones! (Can I tell you more? I went through 2 years where I played every Bach cantata, one each sunday, at one of my synthesizers, with headphones. I know, it's not the typical Bach instrument---and the historically informed interpreters of today might pass-out at the very thought. But a good synthesizer can produce organ and strings, and all kinds of other celestial sounds. So every week, I'd play through another cantata, and even sing a few of the lines. I also played, in that time, all the Bach Chorale settings ((4 part)) and all the organ chorale preludes. It was heaven. It was just heaven. So when you posted this, I jumped out of my seat. Your image is perfect for the music and for the season.)
helanker
OH this is lovely, Jacomina and so is the cantata. I found it on youtube with Partiture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9_25PyJ_w . When I was a young girl. I was learing in a music public firm, where we sold notes of classic Music. And so, also plenty of notes from Backs Cantatas. I am listening to it in this moment.
X-PaX
Beautiful work Jacomina.