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)
mininessie
very nice!
zaqxsw
Lovely!
Faemike55
beautiful postwork - lots of activity
farmerC
Prachtig werk Mies.
Richardphotos
superb post work
durleybeachbum
Is this you, with the lovely hair?
beachsidelegs
Cool image :)
Glendaw
Aw she looks lively and active twirling her skirt as her hair is blowing in the wind.
Yes she really resembles you doing a happy fling Mies.
Everything about this scene is very eye catching !
The intricate details are too many to mention, well done.
xoxo
water
Cool Fx !
rbowen
Beautiful!
sharky_
Great Moves....Nice work! Aloha
kgb224
Superb capture and post work Mies. God bless.
RodS
Wonderful and graceful movement in this work!
SunriseGirl
Hi Jacomina. I just caught up looking at the posts you have placed since the last time I caught up :). You are doing some beautiful work. I very much love your creativity. So my comment is for all at once. I decided to post my comment on this one because I see you in this dancer...red hair and all. I especially love the title you gave it as it does look like a very happy and free dance. I am always glad to see your art even if I am always late looking. I hope you continue to post your creativity here. Until next time. Love Katherine
Deva3D
Wonderful job!
anahata.c
I recall seeing an image like this before, in your gallery...But you've filled it with all kinds of patterns. The patterns look partly Celtic, partly Central American, partly organic, etc. You used them extremely well in this photo: You give a mythic feeling to this young woman, while the rest of the scene resonates with those patterns, as well. I love the original photo, btw: The composition is terrific, as is the swirl of the young woman. But then you turned it into an Aztec ceremonial dance...terrific work, Jacomina. And a terrific photo to begin with.