Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass is an artist, filmmaker, photographer, and author by day, and a Metro bus driver by night, where his community-building work has been showcased on TED, NPR, The Seattle Times, KING 5 and landed him a spot on Seattle Magazine’s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle. He has shown in over forty photography shows is also the director of nine films, six of which have shown at festivals, and one of which premiered at Henry Art Gallery. His book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller and 2019 WA State Book Awards finalist.
"Heeegghhh," he said.
"Aw yeah," I said.
Just pretend you completely understand the guy, is what I told myself. Most of communication is body language anyway.
When...
"Redden, or Renton, or something. Northern."
I know what these guys are talking about. I practically yelped out the answer: "Redding, California!"
"That's it!"
"The halfway point...
It's a system of peaks and valleys, life is. At this moment, somewhere last year, I was in a valley. You know the feeling,...
I'm parked at the terminal, standing by my bus in Rainier Beach as I work on a Richard Wright novel. Ah, literature. A cry...
Is it so silly, when we really think about it, to mourn the passing of a coach type? Think back to your childhood haunts....
Have you noticed how when people run for the bus, they're nearly always smiling? Most especially when they make it onboard, but often before...
"We spoke boastfully in bass voices; we used the word "nigger" to prove the tough fiber of our feelings; we spouted excessive profanity as...
"I din' know you drive up this far," said a woman who usually rides my 7 only when deep within the bowels of the...