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.
I like the ten P.M. crowd.
If you drive buses through downtown at the top of this hour, you'll notice it contains what I call...
1. The Scene
I’ve just taken over my E Line in Pioneer Square from the previous operator and am preparing it to my liking. Setting...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: Nathan in DSA’s Democratic Left Magazine On Seattle’s Crises
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I don't consider myself a political creature. The transformation of my perspectives into political views is always a transformation of reduction. I find people...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: The Gift and the Question – a Day on the 7 After Time Away
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Felt this way before.
These are sensations I have before today appreciated. But distance away can clarify things, bring into sharp relief what you've forgotten...
On the 75.
Recently a woman yelled up toward me, "there's a guy smoking crack in the back of the bus! Tell him to get...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: Raskolnikov in a Beanie, or Shame and Legacy in the Days of COVID
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This is a big one, but bear with me: the fight described below conveniently happened to touch on so many of our city's most...
You have a name for the voice inside of you.
Why do we live at a speed that prevents us from hearing it? Why does...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: Belated Thoughts on Bus Driver Appreciation Day and What It Means During COVID
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I love that they have an actual day for this. There's something endearingly old-school about it, and yet who can argue the value of...