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 (17)
rachris480907
Very cool! I like this a lot, Mies!
Thank you for your nice words on my first post since getting back on Rendo. It has been a hard year, not only for myself but for Sheree as well. She is a real trooper, though--strong and supportive. What a gift she is! You're right, it's a miracle that I can walk again, and we're beginning to get back into doing the things we love to do. I do have some issues with one of my ankles, but I'm confident that everything will work out in the end.
We think about you and Karel often and remember you in prayer. I hope your health has been improving since we last wrote.
Oh, BTW, on top of the "coincidence" (if you believe in coincidence) of meeting you a few years ago on Rendo and finding you live a short walk from where we lived while in Nederland, we had a Dutch family move in next door to us last year. They were here on business for nearly a year before going back home. We resurrected many wonderful memories of our time in Nederland while having them as neighbors.
Have a wonderful weekend, Mies! And give our best regards to Karel, as well.
Blessings.
~Robert
Richardphotos
a path to another dimension. superb fractal art
auntietk
Beautiful! It pulls me in, and makes me think I can just walk to your house from here. :) I like that! :)
durleybeachbum
Hokusai with a Mies twist! I love it.
kgb224
Outstanding work Mies. God bless.
farmerC
Dit is een Hele Mooie mies.
anahata.c
wow, Jacomina, you're really doing new and amazing things with these saturated blues and pinks. Like I mentioned in a previous piece, you're echoing Japanese forms (Andrea also picked that up), and it's stunning, and all yours. The piece is a big pyramid made of angled sections and wave crests; and I can feel the surf---but you know what else I feel? It's as if this were the mysterious "inner section" of a surf wave, the big curl that surfers rave about and hope to get inside of---as if you could see the center of the universe in there. That's what I think of, when I see this. Terrific. And the combos of pinks with blues is wonderful.
VDH
Prachtig en origineel fractalwerk !!
helanker
WOW! I see a whole ocean being pulled up to the sky by a tornado. Jacomina, it is so beautifully done. Love the colors and the tiny dripping waves. Looks simply fantastic. And this time I remember to use the rating. 5+ to you my friend :)
beachsidelegs
Love the pattern and pretty colours a wonderful image my friend :)
Badsue
A never ending ocean, very cool! But which program did you use here? I'm puzzled... Und ich Kluns habe ganz vergessen, dass da noch eine mail zu beantworten ist - kommt noch! :) Liebe Grüße an Dich und Karel!
flavia49
wonderful
X-PaX
Beautiful work Jacomina.
kepp
superb image Mies
iborg64
A really stunning and beautiful creation
junge1
Interesting render!
chrisann
Beautiful work!