11 ideas for creative input in eclipse season

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So here’s the thing: it’s Mercury and Venus Retrograde. It’s eclipse season. These next two weeks, especially, are not the moment to try to ramp up into “get up and go,” launching that new project. I mean, if you are so inclined and so resourced, don’t let me hold you back! But if you (like me and pretty much everyone I know) are feeling sluggish, tired, overwhelmed, and otherwise uninspired, allow me to give you permission to take a load off and focus on creative input rather than creative output.

Here, tailor made for the current ~astro weather~, are eleven suggestions for creative input in These Times.

Reading & Inspiration

Connect with your inner child. Read the work of Pisces sun Dr. Seuss or Aries sun Beverly Cleary. Or simply pick up (or hunt down) a Middle Grade or Young Adult book you loved when you were little. For me, that means Karen Cushman’s Catherine, Called Birdy or Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted, both of which I keep in my library. Go remind yourself of why you fell in love with books in the first place.