{"id":49,"date":"2010-02-18T18:48:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T00:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2010-02-18T19:56:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T01:56:49","slug":"vqc-11-lilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"VQC #11: Lilian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lilian with one of her creations<\/p><\/div>\n

Today the quest took me to Highland Beach near Annapolis. I went there to interview and visit with my friend, artist, Lilian Burwell<\/a>, but really I was in search of answers. How Lilian came to be in my life is another story (certainly worth telling, but not just now). Lilian lives and works here near the beach in a peaceful beautiful home filled with her creations. Being with her is always an adventure and a treat. Lilian is like a g*ddess, beautiful and wise and mischevious, not to mention a Gemini like myself. I wanted to interview Lilian for the book I am writing on women and their Visions because I see her as a woman who is living her Vision. She just published a book titled \u201cA Dichotomy of Passions: The Two Masters<\/strong><\/a>\u201d and I wanted to get a copy from her. I also knew, that as always, she would have something to tell me that I needed to hear.<\/p>\n

When Lilian and I are together it is a bit crazy\u2026two Geminis who never stop talking, but today I was much more in the mood to just listen. When one Gemini is 38 and the other is an almost 82 year old, much accomplished woman, it is a no-brainer which one needs to shut up and listen. At brunch I had just launched into telling her about my Vision, about the book and this blog and the retreats I have planned, when she cut me off. At first I was perturbed, but then I realized that I was getting an answer to one of the big questions I had come seeking answers for. What she said was that she used to tell her students how important it was to have your own vision, to do what you love, not what others think you should do, and that it did not matter what others thought of you or the work, but what mattered was that you needed to love that thing. She said, the money does not matter, what matters is that you do what you love even if you need to have another job to support that addiction (Vision). I came to see her plagued with doubts about the value of my own Vision\u2026wondering if anybody even wanted what I am offering, worrying about the perceived lack of response to what I am putting out there even though I know it is from my heart. Lilian, this oracle of Highland Beach was telling me what my Higher Power had been trying to tell me in so many ways over the past week. If you feel it do it! and don\u2019t worry about the life it takes on or about judging it\u2026just do it. This was so important for me to hear, because I struggle with this all the time. I\u2019m doing what I want but get too caught up in the results.<\/p>\n

We talked about so much more today\u2026we did do the interview and after we went to the beach to cool out and enjoy the sunshine. I could probably write 5 pages on just this one day with Lilian. I could also tell you about the second burning question I came down with and what her answer was about that\u2026but I\u2019ll save it for another installment.<\/p>\n

(first posted 4.26.09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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