Deciding to See: The View from Nathan’s Bus

Description

Deciding to See: The View from Nathan’s Bus is an eye-opening, inspiring, and hopeful linked-essay collection recounting the amazing everyday encounters of city bus driver, Nathan Vass whose life’s motto is if you give kindness, you’ll get kindness. Vass tests this theory on the roughest nighttime routes in Seattle. The results illuminate the challenges of poverty, homelessness, and crossing class boundaries. Vass intertwines personal stories of trauma from his survival of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, showing that we are all struggling with tragedy. These brief but meaningful encounters foster healing for everyone involved. The ordinary becomes extraordinary when he chooses to see the beauty of each person who steps onto his bus. Come along for the ride.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Nathan Vass
Published: 05/20/2025
Publisher: Chin Music
ISBN: 9781634050777
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 1.00″ H x 8.30″ L x 5.50″ W

About the Author
Vass, Nathan: – 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, KING5 and more, landing him a spot on Seattle Magazine‘s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle, and Seattle Met‘s 2021 Power Players list. A Korean-American born in South Central LA, Nathan holds a BFA in Photography from the University of Washington, and has been featured in the Seattle Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, and more, with 40 photography shows and 9 films including the award-winning festival favorite Men I Trust. His first book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller and 2019 Washington State Book Award Finalist in Non-Fiction. Learn more at nathanvass.com.