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 (18)
jmb007 Online Now!
belle musique
mininessie
nice!
VDH
Mies dit is opnieuw prachtig fractalwerk !! Zowel het ontwerp als de kleurkeuze is klasse !!
kepp
excellent image super colours
prutzworks
mooi
Faemike55
beautiful
npauling
A fabulous Apo. fractal Mies and yes I can see those waves.
auntietk
The waves seem to be alive with the creatures who live in and around them! This is beautiful!
RodS
Beautiful work, and such a perfect match for Bach's music. He was a genius - I think he was from the future...
rhol_figament Online Now!
Nice one!
durleybeachbum
A brilliant interpretation!
kgb224
Outstanding work Mies. God bless.
beachsidelegs
WOW Knock out image my friend :)
blankfrancine
Awesome fractal creation!
farmerC
Dit is echt Genieten van prachtig werk in vorm en kleuren.
Mies, gallerie waardig............
ia-du-lin
very nice work
Glendaw
The waves and colors are extremely eye catching Mies.
You have made Back very proud !
XxOo
anahata.c
I haven't commented much, since January 1st...but I wanted to leave you a comment for the new year, because of all your special qualities, and all the effort and love you give to us each time you come here. This is a beautiful evocation of JSBach: You've captured the celebration of that cantata. I never learned 206 very well---I studied the "secular" cantatas years back, but for some reason I left out 206. So, when I listened to selections from it, this morning, I was hearing those selections for the first time. It's always amazing to hear Bach for the first time: He never, never disappoints us: His music is as spectacular and deep and infinite, the first time, as it is the 1000th time. It was great to hear parts of the choruses and arias, etc. And of course all the celebration of that opening chorus.
Your image looks like carved ivory, and you created a brilliant sea, and wonderful waves---with a huge wave in the center, that bursts open like a dancer throwing their arms out in joy (fitting for the celebration of the cantata). I also see a fish's head---top of the image! Beautiful shading ("modeling"), it feels like a bas relief. And you have rich browns and reds and blues, etc, in this very "ivory" colored piece. You always capture Bach so intuitively, in your art; and you've done it again, here. Beautiful work, Jacomina. Your upload about Nisrin was filled with hope and joy...and I hope you're healing from your fall (I read about your fall in your beautiful cat-painting upload). If you still have pain for a while, you should probably see a doctor, just to be sure you're not injured. But hopefully it's just bruised muscles...I wish you complete healing, Jacomina, and hopefully without doctors.
One last thing...you left me a beautiful, long, poetic comment on my New Year image, and I thank you for it. Andrea commented on it, right below your comment! She was right---it was like poetry. Thank you very much, I really appreciated all you wrote. I wish you a wonderful 2018, and I thank you for all the beauty you've shared here. This image is a perfect example of it. Many blessings to you, Jacomina, I hope your life in 2018 is more and more like this image and like the Bach. You deserve that.