Sherman Alexie

I just got home from Sherman Alexie's talk--he was appearing on campus. It was totally packed, maybe the biggest crowd Colby has seen this year. Anyway, it was absolutely fantastic. Sherman Alexie is my new hero. He talked about contradictions, and how if you stick to one point of view or ideology--whether you're liberal OR conservative--you end up being a hypocrite. Because no one point of view is ever ALL right. Which is exactly the way I feel. I really believe that human beings are inherently contradictory, and that we have to recognize that, and recognize that sometimes "the other side" might actually have a point, before we're ever going to accomplish anything.Anyway, I'm sure he probably pissed a lot of people off, and I'm sure the digest tomorrow is going to be on fire with people whining and shouting and swearing. But you know what? Alexie told them how wrong they all better than I ever could. He's my new hero. (Okay, and maybe I have a bit of a childish crush on him, too....)**********Sherman Alexie quotes:"A lot of people live with exclamation points. I try to live with question marks." "I'm living inside the contradictions. Ceremonies happen every day. The sacred is ordinary.""I'm like a flying contradiction."