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 (11)
JohnnyM
Such an amazing and beautiful set of images you have here for Mark's birthday...the piano looks fantastic and sure to please him with the music that resonates from such a colorful musical instrument. I will look forward to not only viewing more of your amazing fractal art but also the photos of all the little critters that visit your garden in the coming months, as the weather warms up into the summer season. Enjoy the day my friend! :-)
dochtersions
Thank you so much, dear Johnny.
ladylake
Beautiful. And your prose is also. Happy Birthday, Mark.
dochtersions
Thank you very much Lyla
Paulienchen
Ein fantastisches Bild
dochtersions
Ich danke dir, Paulienchen.
shadelix
Das Piano hat etwas Mystisches an sich. Großartig!
dochtersions
Vielen Dank, shadelix.
VDH
Een mooie en heel originele verjaardagskaart !!!
dochtersions
Dankjewel, Etienne.
water
Beautiful !
dochtersions
Thank you very much, my friend.
ShadowsNTime
Magnificent images my friend...and a beautiful 'letter' to Mark! I do hope his day is the best ever! Happy Birthday Mark!
dochtersions
Thank you so much, dear Lynn, I'm thinking of you and sending blessings your way.
anahata.c
oh jacomina, this is exquisite. Both the fantasy piano, and the beautiful fractal. I can't comment with the lengthy words I usually write (only because I am very tired), but your words---your fantasy about the piano---are wonderful and magical. I love the idea of moving my feet through the water, and heavenly sounds emerge. Along with birds and so on....And the keyboard is amost an organ keyboard (with more than one manual)---only, it's a keyboard of the soul rather than of wood and so on. And the background---and foreground---are gorgeous: They're magical and filled with gorgeous colors and light. It's exquisite, Jacomina. The fractal is like the music one plays on this piano. It radiates outward like a big stained glass halo---as if you put a Bach cantata into visual form. Beautiful repeated forms and colors (the development section of a Bach fugue.) It's beautiful. Thank you so much, Jacomina. I will get back to your letter soon, I just need a little more time, but thank you for it and your beautiful art and words. Your words are like a spiritual vision. Thank you. It's a beautiful birthday gift. Blessings to your dear soul, and i hope you are doing as well as possible.
dochtersions
Thank you so much for your lovely words, Mark!!!! You really don't have to write, please take care and try to rest and relax as much as possible, my friend. I first want to write a sequel to you, I'm slow because it's not going well, but it really comes. Haha, patient, please!!! ;-)
APlusDesign
So beautiful. Nice colour work
dochtersions
Thank you very much, Amanda!
KarmaSong
A heartfelt and most beautiful way of celebrating your friend's birthday. Superb AI design and render.
dochtersions
Thank you so much, KarmaSong!