/lit/ - Literature

What are some nice books full of idyllic elements like beautiful gardens, tea parties, butterflies, bees, biodiversity, birds, and so on. Works like The Secret Garden? I want books that give off the same idyllic feel as pic-related (illustrated by Susan Wheeler). Picture books are fine too. These kind of works are the only thing that ward off my inner demons.

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Brambly Hedge
Susan Wheeler's books (I like her one on Victorian tea parties)
Racey Helps' books
Corgiville Fair
Sven Nordqvist's Pettson and Findus series
Rupert the Bear by Alfred Bestall
Inga Moore's illustrations
Molly Brett's books
Jan Brett's works

>>20822429
>That's hard to tell without going deeper into the hows and whys. I think what I mostly get inspired by can be grouped under "interesting" - unusual stuff that you rarely get to see in every day life.
What inspires me is to convey the ordinary joys of life in a way that hints at Infinity. I also like some magical realist elements. For this reason, I am drawn more into works either influenced by or from the Golden Age of Illustrations. Like you, I have a large section of my library devoted to artwork except of a different character. Pic-related is by Susan Wheeler.
>Strong in which way?
Obviously the light/serene, what I call spenta, and dark/macabre, what I call angra, are mutually contained and "interpenetrate". As Huineng says, "Darkness is not darkness by itself; because there is light there is darkness. That darkness is not darkness by itself is because light changes, becoming darkness, and with darkness light is revealed. They originate from each other. The thirty-six confrontations are also like this."
In order to appreciate and cherish the light more, it is necessary for me to delve into dark artwork. Granted, as much as I push myself through them, I do not enjoy any of it. I even published a transgressive short story in a reputable journal, but I don't personally like it. I have also given up with publishing my picture book because agents simply want pozzed globohomo shit. I've dropped all of my artistic aspirations. I'm not interested in only publishing transgressive stories when I can't publish wholesome ones.