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.
John (a different John, not the fellow from the 358 posts) seems to come from another age. Multicolored crumbs pepper his dry lips and beard. His...
The actual words spoken were not so much the meat of the exchange. It was the noises in between. You have to imagine the...
"I got my transfer in here somewhere." We're at 185th inbound, and her face is lined with age and humor, that kind of spirit...
In that doorway, over there on Second South, is where a woman goes at night. She injects and imbibes various assortments of drugs as...
Yes it is! The title says it all. Have you thanked your driver lately? Officially speaking, today's the day to do so, although you're welcome...
Northbound Aurora at 100th. Leaning into the front door:
"Hey, did you see a, I left a wallet a couple hours ago…?"
"Uhh," I said.
I look...
At 3rd and Virginia, on my 358: a large African-American man in his fifties gets on. I ask him how he's doing. He's doing...
Read more stories from the bus at nathanvass.com.
"Whuhjjoo pick?" What'd you pick? It's the question we operators all ask each other, right after "Pick-" that thrice-yearly...