/lit/ - Literature

>>22463920
>>22463923
Inga Moore is an incredible artist. Anyways, this thread is gay.

>>19374441
Momo was great. I thought the theme of how time is the ichor of life was handled well. It serves as a reminder that you are never too busy to enjoy life, and that it’s never a waste of time to do things that you love.

I only read children's literature and horror fiction due to my dualistic Mazdan metaphysics.

Limiting to five options.

My favorite children's book writers are Kenneth Grahame, Tove Jansson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Beatrix Potter, and Michael Ende.

My favorite picture book illustrators are Fritz Baumgarten, Kay Nielsen, Inga Moore, Maxfield Parrish, and Molly Brett.

>>19361752
Gathas, Yasna 30:

"There are two primeval spirits, twins who are revealed
[to us] through dream.
In mind, in speech, and even in deed they are better and bad:
The good choose between them correctly, not the evil."

Note the "revealed in dreams". This indicates that creativity and phenomenal experience are connected to the Twin Mainyus. Mainyu has the dual meaning of both spirit and state of mind. We can further extrapolate how engaging in certain creative activities such as writing can manifest instances of fictional worlds that are more aligned with either Spenta ('sacred') or Angra ('destructive') Mainyu. If Zoroastrianism were to spread, we would have discussions on what are the metaphysical and phenomenological properties of Spenta and Angra Mainyu and how they manifest in this world as dualistic struggle.

This picture is an expression of Spenta Mainyu.

When we go into deep reverie, preferably in solitude within natural scenery, and open our hearts, we can feel the light of Spenta Mainyu pour into our souls from the joyous singing of the birds, the warm magnificent sun, the play of the otters in the soothing river, and so forth. Likewise, we can manifest spenta or angra in our own artwork or dreams.

We are told dreams can be a gateway to either Spenta or Angra Mainyu. From my own dreams, some of which are blissful and others nightmarish, I have come to deduce that individuals that appear within its seamless space are manifestations of its oneiric fabric. However, while there may be a unifying character underlying the dream, the dream's instantiations of its salient mood are defined by an irreconcilable antagonism since some fabrics are blissful and others nightmarish. The instantiation of a serene dream is one expression of the substance of Ahura Mazda that has a determinate line separating it from ∀hriman's nightmares. A dream of absolute bliss, a dream where all beings are happy, this dream is real and one. The unreal can become real, they can blur, but good and evil can never blur because the dream itself can be wholly benign in a manner that is untainted by any defilement, by any darkness. God's substance, thus, becomes a timeless, unchanging, blissful dream, and his antithesis is a timeless, unchanging nightmare.

There are self-contained fictional or oneiric worlds, but trying to place this in a unified metaphysical theory is excruciatingly difficult.

Men should be masculine, strong, and courage in that they seek to defend the divine light.
Women should be feminine an gentle in that they seek to care and nourish the divine light.

>>19359124
Gathas, Yasna 30:

"There are two primeval spirits, twins who are revealed
[to us] through dream.
In mind, in speech, and even in deed they are better and bad:
The good choose between them correctly, not the evil."

Note the "revealed in dreams". This indicates that creativity and phenomenal experience are connected to the Twin Mainyus. Mainyu has the dual meaning of both spirit and state of mind. We can further extrapolate how engaging in certain creative activities such as writing can manifest instances of fictional worlds that are more aligned with either Spenta ('sacred') or Angra ('destructive') Mainyu. If Zoroastrianism were to spread, we would have discussions on what are the metaphysical and phenomenological properties of Spenta and Angra Mainyu and how they manifest in this world as dualistic struggle.

This picture is an expression of Spenta Mainyu.

When we go into deep reverie, preferably in solitude within natural scenery, and open our hearts, we can feel the light of Spenta Mainyu pour into our souls from the joyous singing of the birds, the warm magnificent sun, the play of the otters in the soothing river, and so forth. Likewise, we can manifest spenta or angra in our own artwork or dreams.

We are told dreams can be a gateway to either Spenta or Angra Mainyu. From my own dreams, some of which are blissful and others nightmarish, I have come to deduce that individuals that appear within its seamless space are manifestations of its oneiric fabric. However, while there may be a unifying character underlying the dream, the dream's instantiations of its salient mood are defined by an irreconcilable antagonism since some fabrics are blissful and others nightmarish. The instantiation of a serene dream is one expression of the substance of Ahura Mazda that has a determinate line separating it from ∀hriman's nightmares. A dream of absolute bliss, a dream where all beings are happy, this dream is real and one. The unreal can become real, they can blur, but good and evil can never blur because the dream itself can be wholly benign in a manner that is untainted by any defilement, by any darkness. God's substance, thus, becomes a timeless, unchanging, blissful dream, and his antithesis is a timeless, unchanging nightmare.

There are self-contained fictional or oneiric worlds, but trying to place this in a unified metaphysical theory is excruciatingly difficult. This is my goal.

>>18520478
>It also looks poorly made.
You have poor taste in illustrations and should not be allowed to voice your opinion.

>>18255987
>>18256019
>>18256009
You must be purified for you are tainted by false concepts such as art being more complex and "mature" makes it better. We need to lock you inside a cage and whip you as you read classic children's literature while priests chant hymns from their works. This is the only way you can experience the light of God.

>>17685396
Inga Moore's illustrations of The Secret Garden are the best. Also, the version of her book is unabridged. I just wish the version of the Wind in the Willows she illustrated was unabridged too.

>>16785142
Nope.

>>15754954
I'm not impressed with the art style.

>>13769221
>>13770024
Many high-quality picture books capture this wholesome aesthetic. Also, do you guys know any literary agents?

>>13734212
Inga Moore