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 (8)
RodS
Such a wonderful dedication for an awesome guy, and wonderful artist! Mark has been an amazing friend for many years, and I also wish him a full and rapid recovery. He deserves the best in health, and support.
Great photos of this delightful fisherman's house. It looks comfortable.
Ah, Thailand. Last time I was there, there was a little war going on with their next-door neighbor, Vietnam. I was stationed at Udorn for a year, working on comm-systems for the F4D Phantoms.
dochtersions
Thank you so much, Rod. When I read it from you, I was immediately afraid that I hadn't made a good choice with these photos. Oops, and I hope this doesn't trigger your memories from that period in Vietnam. Anyway, hats off to you, my friend.
starship64
What a cool place!
dochtersions
Thank you so much, starship64! Indeed a cool place, although I'm never been in Thailand, lol it's about 50 min. by car from our place.
anahata.c
wow...thank you Jacomina. This was a wonderful surprise. And it's Thai too! Thank you so much. (I had half the dental work done on monday, and the rest will be in 2 weeks. I'll take your gift, here, for both days! I'm in pain and I'm tired, but I'm ok. My 76 year old body needs time to heal, but I'll be fine when it's all over. Thank you so much for remembering!
I was shocked to see a Thai house in your gallery---I thought, "ok: Jacomina and Karel got tired of Nederland, and move to Thailand! (And fast too---I mean, you moved in a couple of weeks!) I love the straw roof, and the high "stilts" (stelts?) to raise the house above the ground. Rod should be very famiiar with houses like these, since he was in that part of Asia for a long time. (I'm sure Rod understands that you meant no 'bad memories' by posting these. And yes, we owe him a ton of gratitude for serving during that war. I'm sure he'll appreciate your words.)
As for the 3 wise men from the east---they look very buddhist! Some of their hands are in traditional buddhist 'gestures'. And they're standing on very buddhist-like pedestals...When I feel better, I'll jump inside the picture and ask them who they are (and what in the world they're doing in Limburg!)
Thank you so much, Jacomina, and thank you and Karel. I greatly appreciate it. And many thanks for posting this when you're dealing with so much yourself. I hope to be back on RR in september. I wish you and Karel a fine rest of August, and I hope it's getting cooler there now! Love and many thanks from chicago, mark
dochtersions
Oh Mark, I didn't expect you to see it at all, nor that you would respond. Really, I thought, you would stay in the hospital, haha, and you couldn't see anything because of the pain. Oh, oh, you have to spare yourself, Mark, listen to this "old-timer". You know, first I had made a fractal for you, but I wasn't satisfied with it.
Then I thought of our visit to the castle in Arcen, I had pictures of a very antique Steinway piano, of an antique keyboard, etc. The castle is so beautifully decorated. The gardens of the castle are very famous and voted "the best trip". They have special areas where various countries are exhibited. Anyway, I consciously chose this part because of those monks.
We hope that the treatments will not exhaust you too much, Mark. So again, the very best wishes. From here I blow a large cloud softness to Chicago, that it can lie down like a soft blanket over your pain. In any case, that's better than what that elephant wants to send to Chicago. ;-) With love from Thailand, lol!
RodS
Hey, Jacomina, and HELLO, MARK!
No worries on the memories part. I was one of the lucky ones. Thailand was a good tour, I made lots of friends - both other Air Force folks, and several Thais as well. They were wonderful folks. And I love that house - I want one! 😍
dochtersions
Thank you for the reassurance, Rod. And so beautiful to read that you made many friends during that year. It's so beautiful to meet new friends, just when you are far from home. LOL, who knows, if you've a pool in your garden, you can just put together such a house (tinkering). ;-)
g1tip
Amazing photos !!!
dochtersions
Thank you very much, Gary (p.s. I don't know if I remember your name well? ;-) )