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.
“Listen, I gotta tell you a story.”“Sure,” I answered. “Lemme let these people on real quick.”“Yeah.”
He was excited, grinning in the dark at Rainier...
A huge, huge thanks to Erica C. Barnett for her graciousness and inclusion of all sides of this thorny issue in detail. I feel...
Really quick, but very important--
The difference between popularity and fame, as I define those words, is that popularity has more to do with being...
"So how's that 554?" I asked.
Buses are microcosms of the neighborhoods they serve, and the 554 was what this young man was headed toward....
I write this for my fellow operators; it is they whom I wish to appreciate today, they who deserve the spotlight, more than myself....
Well, everyone else is talking about it. Here I am trying to be extra diplomatic while still being interesting and truthful. The Slatearticle is derived...
Every bus driver has experienced this.
There are many reasons people disregard the needs of others. Some are cultural, and some personal, ingrained by role...
I like people. I really do. As a child I liked animals, like all children, but when I eventually discovered people I knew I...