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but some people need the rhythm text books and patterns to help them learn to understand that by coming from a more mechanical way I certainly did when learning the various Latin, boss nova , fun etc styles - couldn’t “feel” it at all, but could play the rhythms on the staves and that was my way in for that. You might be one of them, if it doesn’t come / feel automatically.
back to picks, I’d encourage you to use BOTH a thin pick and a thick one, and intersperse them, that way you will build a feel for when you want to “hit” the strings and when you want “brush” them, and more importantly how to make the up strokes work, which is usually one of the challenging bits. Sometimes just practising up strokes can be very worthwhile.
There's nothing more un-musical than slavishly following a prescribed strumming pattern.
Start simple and get a feel for the beat. Learn to count the rhythm and understand where the beats are.
Just hold your guitar and mute the strings and strum along focusing on timing. It's all about timing, but it has to have feeling; avoid roboticism.