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 (15)
Faemike55
This image should be hanging in a High End Gallery!
Glendaw
I agree with Mike--- it is a beautiful fractal that you have made picture perfect Mies.
The mix of colors of the balloons. lighting and sunny surroundings are gorgeous
What a nice soft landing they have amongst some pretty flowers and raindrops.
Not sure how you did this Mies but it is fantastic.
XxOo
beachsidelegs
This is stunning my friend :)
jocko500
so lovely
Richardphotos
very beautiful abstract
kgb224
Outstanding work Mies. God bless.
ArtistKimberly
Outstanding Work,
durleybeachbum
Fabulous colours and shapes!
helanker
Wonderful drops of colors and light. Love it :-)
iborg64
looks like an over the top Lava lamp, fantastic I love it
kepp
super image nice work
farmerC
Prachtige creatie Mies,ook de kleuren.
blondeblurr
This would have to be one of the most spectacular images I have ever seen and it's a 10 out of 10 from me...
I'm kind of - "thinking outside the box" ! ... a bit tricky to describe - but the longer I am looking and admiring it, I'm envisaging broken glass, the type of colourful ones you see in churches, of course with several differences, e.g. stained glass or mosaics , it's bodacious, it's striking, it's stupendous, it's monumental, it's mesmerising, it's dynamic .... I could go on and on and there wouldn't be enough words to cover the beauty of it - in one short sentence it's so me !!!
- thank you Jacomina
A_Sunbeam
Splendid creation - love the flowing shapes and colours!
anahata.c
(I wonder, did you secretly dedicate this to Brigitte? Because she gushed all over it, and said "it's so me!!!" I love her response!) I love this too. I loved it the minute it went up. In fact, I was home sick; and, when I saw this, I almost commented right at that moment. Yes it's like stained glass, but it's also like liquid glass moving through water. Do you know the work of Chihuly? Look him up on Google, and look at the page of his images. You'll see what I mean.
It's almost like a big glass, with light and color bubbling-up from the bottom. And around that, you made more bubbles, like creatures underwater, moving through thick dark waters, lit from inside. You call it a "wish balloon," and it's filled with worlds gurgling around each other. That's quite a balloon! Beautiful work, Jacomina, and typical of you and your work: Rich, undulating, alive, and deep. Wonderful.