Seeking Enlightenment Hat By Hat By Nevada Barr
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Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat Barr
by Nevada
Background of Author •
Birth- born/raised in Yerington, NV, 1952- both parents and sister were pilots/mechanics
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Education- theatre: UC Irvine BA Speech and Drama, MFA Acting
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Job- 18 years in entertainment & 18 months as an executive assistant at Morgan Stanley
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Inspiration- summers working as a park ranger (incl. Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Mississippi)…absolutely loved it!
•
Start as an author o
First novel: Bittersweet, 1983- story of two lesbians who grow strong through their relationship with each other/ settling the frontier
o
Main book series: Anna Pigeon mystery series (first is Track of the Cat, 1993)
Female park ranger as protagonist often investigating murder at the national parks
Theme of relationships and loneliness: homo- and heterosexual
Seeking Enlightenment…Hat by Hat: A Skeptic’s Path to Religion (2004) •
Series of individual essays outlining Barr’s self reflection on her quest to find higher truth o 43 sections, each offering a piece of insight heavily based on her personal experiences and reflection on those experiences
•
Starts off depressed/out of work/cynical
•
Eventually wanders in to an Episcopal Church- lead to truth by Father Andrew
•
“Journey from arrogance and atheism toward humility and a sense of being part of something greater than herself. (241)”
•
“a whole lot of ideologies focused on being the Chosen of God…one had to follow an intricate series of rules...since we cannot know what stamps will be required…we make them up (2) ”
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“surely forgiveness did not mean…denial…perhaps forgiveness knowing that evil was done, still caring about it, but pretending not to mind. Another possibility was knowing, caring and , rather than reeling anger toward the doer, feeling pity (20)”
•
“I’d been told I had a problem with commitment…didn’t know, or wasn’t willing to accept- that…it’s a hell of a lot of work (205)”
•
“As a law-enforcement officer it’s your job to sake shit…I no longer had to defend my image…but could focus on handling any situation that came into my purview (178)”
•
“As a young agnostic/atheist wannabe, I took great pleasure in dismantling others’ religious beliefs with the scalpels of logic and ridicule. Now, when someone tries to attach my faith with those same weapons, all I can do is…remember the words…’Faith is just that…you just believe”…it cannot be touched by words. It just is. Or it isn’t (150)”
by Nevada
Background of Author •
Birth- born/raised in Yerington, NV, 1952- both parents and sister were pilots/mechanics
•
Education- theatre: UC Irvine BA Speech and Drama, MFA Acting
•
Job- 18 years in entertainment & 18 months as an executive assistant at Morgan Stanley
•
Inspiration- summers working as a park ranger (incl. Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Mississippi)…absolutely loved it!
•
Start as an author o
First novel: Bittersweet, 1983- story of two lesbians who grow strong through their relationship with each other/ settling the frontier
o
Main book series: Anna Pigeon mystery series (first is Track of the Cat, 1993)
Female park ranger as protagonist often investigating murder at the national parks
Theme of relationships and loneliness: homo- and heterosexual
Seeking Enlightenment…Hat by Hat: A Skeptic’s Path to Religion (2004) •
Series of individual essays outlining Barr’s self reflection on her quest to find higher truth o 43 sections, each offering a piece of insight heavily based on her personal experiences and reflection on those experiences
•
Starts off depressed/out of work/cynical
•
Eventually wanders in to an Episcopal Church- lead to truth by Father Andrew
•
“Journey from arrogance and atheism toward humility and a sense of being part of something greater than herself. (241)”
•
“a whole lot of ideologies focused on being the Chosen of God…one had to follow an intricate series of rules...since we cannot know what stamps will be required…we make them up (2) ”
•
“surely forgiveness did not mean…denial…perhaps forgiveness knowing that evil was done, still caring about it, but pretending not to mind. Another possibility was knowing, caring and , rather than reeling anger toward the doer, feeling pity (20)”
•
“I’d been told I had a problem with commitment…didn’t know, or wasn’t willing to accept- that…it’s a hell of a lot of work (205)”
•
“As a law-enforcement officer it’s your job to sake shit…I no longer had to defend my image…but could focus on handling any situation that came into my purview (178)”
•
“As a young agnostic/atheist wannabe, I took great pleasure in dismantling others’ religious beliefs with the scalpels of logic and ridicule. Now, when someone tries to attach my faith with those same weapons, all I can do is…remember the words…’Faith is just that…you just believe”…it cannot be touched by words. It just is. Or it isn’t (150)”
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