Well...as far as the tomatoes go...there was that one crazy night in Alabama... But that's another story. No, i haven't had something as drastic as tomatos, but i have been publicly ridiculed, i've gotten bad reviews on things, i've gotten not-so-favorable reports about my swimming in the paper when i had a bad meet. Did i run and call God to erase these events from existance? No, i didn't. I dealt with it, I tried to improve, and often i just didn't CARE what everyone else thought. If i was happy with my work and someone outright said "That's awful. I hate it." Yeah, i'd probably be a little upset, and I might argue with them for a little while. But in the end, that's not what's important. What IS important is that you're satisfied and you are HAPPY with the work you have done, and you're proud of your art. If a few disparaging comments here and there can take that away from you, then obviously your art isn't "good" enough for YOURSELF. Alexander Graham Bell didn't quit his development of the Telephone when people told him he was crazy, that it couldn't work. Why? Because HE knew he was right, and he was proud of his work. Thanks to him, we can now have this very discussion.