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 (16)
SunriseGirl
So beautiful and sweet. Happy birthday Lucinda.
Faemike55
Very nice gift for Lucinda - Happy Birthday, Lucinda
jmb007
jolie
X-PaX
Beautiful birthday dedication Jacomina.
durleybeachbum
This is a delight, Mies!
jayfar
A wonderful birthday dedication Jacomina. Happy birthday Lucinda.
farmerC
Schitterende opname Mies.
auntietk
How beautiful this is! You have made these little flowers into something more than they ever would have been otherwise. Just lovely!
Richardphotos
very nice capture
Juliette.Gribnau
prachtig !
anahata.c
I'll be back for more of yours soon, Jacomina, but I wanted to acknowledge your piece for Lucinda, because her birthday was just a day ago. (I'll be posting something soon. I'm late with everything right now.) A beautiful pair of flowers, with one stalk almost resting on the other, as if they were dear friends. Beautiful light on the flowers themselves, and beautiful clarity on the stalks. And you photographed them against a luminous sea of green and yellow-green. Your faded background shines. A beautiful image; and, to me, it speaks of a dear friendship between two souls. Wonderful work for Lucinda, who is just as you describe her---"how sweet and sensitive". And I too would love to see her images here, again, though I understand why she needs to be absent. Happy Birthday, Lucinda, and many more! A beautiful dedi, Jacomina...and I hope your new treatments help you, and that you start to see some relief. I'll be back for more soon, I promise. All my best!
mininessie
beautiful!
iborg64
A really fabulous photo
blondeblurr
How sweet it is ! - such a lovely dedication for Lucinda, a good friend to many here at RR... just wishing she could be around more often, because we all do miss her and noticed her long absence...
Because I am running late, [as usual] - I hope she had a lovely day with all our good wishes ! your photo Jacominchen is just the thing to cheer up anybody; those delicate little plants say so much, if you can read the body language of them. _Take great care, as always ! _
Glendaw
Truly a beautiful gift for your fiend Mies.
The colors, strong stalk and delicate little flowers look awesome.
Magnificent photo and presentation, well done !
XxOo
myrrhluz
Thank you, my friend, for this beautiful image and your loving words. I'm sorry to be late in commenting. I was in Lake Charles with family until last night and every time I sat down to write, I got distracted. Your image struck such a chord with me! Like sisters or friends, the flowers seem captured in a tender and loving moment. The beautiful lighting and shallow depth of field adds to the magic. You have a talent for capturing nature in a way that has not only intrinsic beauty, but also deep symbolism. Thank you, Jacomina. This is beautiful and full of meaning. I felt the love that you sent me on my birthday, and it made my day, which was already pretty good, even better!