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 (13)
mininessie
I hope the weather slow down a bit for you!
jmb007
mon jardin aussi,mais moi, j'habite le sud de la France!
DukeNukem2005
It is very good!
VDH
Heel kleurrijk en origineel werk Mies, voor mij lijkt het een puzzel van kleine, gekleurde vlakjes die dieren vormen, vissen, vogels ..De hitte maakt inderdaad alles kapot, en niet alleen in Nederland. Mijn bloementuin en moestuin zijn een groot stuk van mijn leven, maar rooskleurig ziet het er niet uit !!
durleybeachbum
This is a delight, Mies, and the pastel colours are really delicious!
farmerC
Het is een Schoonheid Mies.
RodS
That's what it's all about, my friend! Relaxing, experimenting, playing, and letting art refresh your body and soul. And like this, the result is usually lovely!
Seems Mother Nature is sending us a message to turn things around. It's been fairly pleasant here (Missouri, USA) the last few days.
ia-du-lin
very nice artwork
auntietk
I love the result of your playing and relaxing! This is fun!
Mondwin
Very lovely pastel colors design my friend!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
jocko500
very good one
Glendaw
Oh there is very much to see here Mies.
The beautiful bird appears to be ignoring the different fish that are swarming behind him.
The different pastel colors and textures are very eye catching.
We had a wonky Summer --- some days hot--- others very cold.
30c is very hot for me I can live comfortably with 20c.
We hit 40c and I thought I was living in a melting pot... LOL>
You take care of youself and take all the time you need and only come back when you are up to it.
I am not here as often as before but do check in occasionally.
anahata.c
You've created such intense lines, here, they zig-zag and pulse and undulate, and make this nature scene pulse with hidden energies. And then, you have primitive, 'cave' drawings---I love those! The white drawings all over the background---of little fish and droplets and balloons and other organic things. Then that shell and that bird---This is definitely a sea image; and yet the bird is standing on dry land. The bird and fish are so intense---it's like you made them as a collage, out of bits of paper and cloth; and your colors are so rich and varied. The whole image surges like an underwater wave. Amazing. You speak of being tired...I know there are many things that make you tired (and understandably so). But I assume that carrying around your talent and your 'vision'---I mean your inner vision, not just your 'eye' vision (your aesthetic and spiritual vision)---must make you tired too. Your talent demands a lot of you, and takes a lot from you. I can see why you need to rest after producing art like this. This is very vivid, very alive and very powerful.
Jacomina, I'm at over an hour in your gallery, and I must move on. Only because of the time. My comments are long, and therefore slow; so I can't do as many images in an hour as others can. But I think I commented on 10, and I've seen all the others; and you're a remarkable artist. I wish you much more peace and rest and health in 2019. And I hope that your connection to the divine will be radiant every day. Happy New Year, and many more: It's always a pleasure walking in your world...