I think every artist is their own worst enemy.

Other than display my work anonymously (ie. here), I rarely show it to people. I don't think it is good enough and I don't think I am good enough and I am not very confident about it at all. I am afraid of people judging it because, ultimately, that is a judgement of me isn't it? Or that is how the thinking goes. It is as though you have to be twice as good just to be good enough. When people do see it and say it is nice or even better, I tend not to believe them choosing instead to conclude they are just paying lip service to make me feel better.

I have one of my works on display at my psychiatrist's office by the way. I don't consider it a gift as he asked if it was for sale (he asked me to show him pictures on my phone). I couldn't sell it though as again I don't think it is good enough to put a value on it so gave it to the office 'on loan'. I noticed though he took it off the waiting room wall and hung it on his own. Go figure.