How do I deal with the fear that my art isn't good enough?

Every time you offer your art, you hand people a piece of yourself and wait to see what they do with it. Of course it feels like standing in the open. The fear that you aren't enough is just how much it matters to you, turned inward. Here's the thing worth remembering. Your worth and the work's reception are two different things. A room can be quiet for reasons that have nothing to do with you. And even the best work isn't loved by everyone. If you tie your enoughness to applause, you hand strangers a rope to pull. Before your next performance, decide what a good offering means apart from the response, that you were honest, that you gave it fully. Aim at that. Let the rest land where it lands.