Nathan Vass

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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.
This happened a looooong time ago, but it's a story I keep rattling around in my head, especially on these post-Ferguson nights.
"Hold on one...
"How you doin' tonight?"
"Typically!" he says. "And yourself?
"Oh, I'm well!"
"That's excellent!" he smiles. "And syntactically correct!"
"I do my best!"
That was the first guy. With...
I rushed in, looking for the cheap stuff. My shift (or "piece") was about to start, and I needed food. This was unusual. I...
The NightWatch crew has just arrived. They have their tickets and directions, and are fanning out to the various shelters they've been assigned for...
There's a Samoan man in sharp leather who calls me "Center of the Universe." It's because I that's how I announce Third and Pike/Pine....
He came up to me at 135th, scabrous and gristled. This was last Christmas Eve, on the 358.
"You give a good ride, man."
"Well, thanks,...
Walker Percy once wrote that when the same event happens twice, one at one time and the other later on, we can define everything ...
Recently on the 3/4, a young man in a red beanie, huge red sweatshirt, massive gray sweatpants, and oversized basketball shoes boarded with his...