It’s always better to give too much, pay too much, and love too much, than not enough.

But then, since everything comes back to you anyway, can there ever be too much?

I love you too much anyway,
The Universe

On this day of your life, dear friend I believe God wants you to know…

….that art begs you to notice it.

Why? Because art is God’s way of saying hello.
So pay attention to poetry. Pay attention
to music. Pay attention to paintings and sculptures and
photo exhibits and ballets and plays.
Don’t let all this go unnoticed.

Your world is shouting out to you, revealing
something intrinsically glorious about itself.
Listen carefully. Love art, the way art loves Life.

And the way Life Loves You!

Lots of people have asked me how I came up with the name Nine Tomatoes. It was really rather ordinary to me, but only because I always listen to my intuition. Sometimes it just takes me a while to tune in to what I’m getting.

I was working with a coach, Susan Reid, when I unleashed my inner artist. She had a lot to do with that, actually. If you’re trying to figure out what to …

I love Mondays! But I can feel the energy of all those kids and adults who don’t look forward to it the way I do. So I like to create a little healing energy with a mandala.

A mandala can have a subtle yet real effect on those in proximity to it – emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and even physically…

Janine Wooten
Reiki News Magazine (Winter 2008)

There’s a wave pulsing through the blogs of entrepreneurs called “7 Things You Don’t Know About Me.” My friend, Susan Reid at Discovering Your Inner Samurai, tagged me and six other bloggers to reveal our hidden secrets. In turn, we keep it alive by bringing in the next wave, and you can see how it grows exponentially. Why not, I thought, and came up with a list of obscure things that only a few people know about me. It’s odd, as an artist, to step out into …

Have you ever stared into the face of what appears to be certain disaster and felt absolutely liberated? All the asking and reading and listening and studying and visualizing… it eventually brings you face to face with all your stuff. The choice then, is to hang on for dear life to everything you think you know, or to completely let go and experience true freedom.

I never used to understand the concept of completely letting …