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 (24)
Faemike55
Sweet, sweet work and dedication to Mark, Mies
chrisann
Beautiful!
MrsRatbag
Rich and incredibly magical and lovely; perfect dedi for our dear Mark!
kgb224
Outstanding work and dedication Mies. God bless.
kepp
lovely colourful image Mies
soffy
So wonderful work and very beautiful colors**
beachsidelegs
Such a beautiful gift, Happy Birthday to Mark :)
anaber
Great fractal work! I love the tale and looking your image, i almost can listen to the fairies:) ! Beautifully done and your words are extremely touching and so truth! This is a wonderful gift for Mark:) Have a glorious Birthday, dear Mark:)
Freethinker56
WOW! this blows my mind love it, and nice gift for your friend dear Mark, happy birthday
npauling
An outstanding fractal that is so beautiful. A wonderful present for Mark. ☺
giulband
Superb and wonderful interpretation
SunriseGirl
This is superb! It has the perfect title and dedication.
claude19
splendid dedication !!!
jmb007
belle image
helanker
GOSH! it is beautiful. A really spring forest dancing of the fairies. What a lovely dedi for our dear friend. He will just love it and the colors are exactly after his taste :) Wonderful, Jacomina :)
VDH
Prachtige fractal, mooi design en kleuren!
farmerC
Deze is wel Heel Mooi Mies.
Glendaw
Incredibly fascinating and charming assortment of lively action !
What a beautiful Birthday Dedi for your friend Mies.
blondeblurr
They are all dancing for Mark and then taking a bow - how inspirational and mesmerising your fractal art is ... simply, wunderbar! Jacominchen, it must be the start of Spring for everybody in the Northern hemisphere - and remember: 'Winter Always Turns to Spring' - No matter how long the cold, bleak days of winter may continue, winter always turns to spring. This is the law of the universe and the law of life. As long as we hold on to hope, spring is sure to come.
'Words of Wisdom' - Buddhist Inspiration for Daily Living by Daisaku Ikeda.
jocko500
so lovely
anahata.c
Your fractals are magic, they always surprise me...they always feel utterly "new" to me, as if they appeared for the first time in Creation. This is a perfect painting of a "dance of forest fairies"---you've not only painted fairies, but you've painted dancing flowers, dancing ornaments, dancing galaxies, and dancing 'thoughts'---big beautiful thoughts and feelings. They dance on a river of beautiful flowers.
I'm always amazed at the variety that comes out of your inner eye: I love these complex 'fabrics' dancing around that river of flowers below. They're all holding hands (so to speak), and dancing around the beautiful greens and blues and purples (below), like a big ancient ritual. And they have head-dresses, bright yellow and red headdresses. The background is almost like an ancient cave, and the fairies are dancing inside that cave, celebrating spring and light. It looks like you made a big beautiful fractal, and then you put a wand into it, and swirled the fractals like stirring a pot of liquid. You could make a spectacular scarf out of this---on silk---or a big tapestry. (And I definitely saw this full-size!) It's beautiful, Jacomina, a big primal, ancient ritual: Thank you so much for making it for my birthday. And finally, thank you for your very loving words, I appreciate them greatly; I will try to earn what you say about me! You always give so much love here; and I'm very grateful that you gave me some of that wonderful love too. This is a beautiful gift in art and words...thank you so much, Jacomina!
ia-du-lin
beautiful fractal scene, very nice work
flavia49
wonderful
mininessie
wow! precious!