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…mehr
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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Part I: From Darkness to Light–p. 7 1. This Happens Too 7 4.6.15 2. Not Because It Is Easy E line 4.7.22 3. The Day the Earth Stood Still 70 5.3.17 4. Figuring It All Out in the Bullpen — 8.4.16 5. King Trevor 7 7.6.19 6. Compton, Gently — 7.6.03 7. Chosen 7 10.24.18 8. Our Lady of Context 7 2.6.20 9. Of Angels and Alcohol 49 11.29.15 Part II: The Things We Carry–p. 32 10. Paris — 11.13.15 11. Aaoghuu 124 10.23.13 12. In China — 1.3.12 13. In Praise of Silver Hair 7 4.30.15 14. Lulit 36 5.18.14 15. Conversing with My Colleagues: I 41 4.21.17 16. It’s Neutral Beige’s Night 49 10.25.14 17. Love Is in the Air 7 9.21.15 18. The Bullet Train 49 2.9.18 19. Place de République — 11.14.15 20. In Supplication 7 9.2.15 21. Richard 49 1.2.18 22. I Bet You Approve uh Gay Marriage! 4 9.23.13 23. Kind Heart 10 8.15.13 Part III: The Children Inside–p. 68 24. Eulogy for the Damned — 5.23.19 25. The Question 7 2.2.17 26. In Napoli — 1.8.15 27. The Nameless Heroes — 12.10.09 28. Islamofriendia 7 12.13.15 29. AngryNice 7 5.1.16 30. I’ll Still Do It Again, the Same Way 7 3.1.18 31. Bravado 49 5.1.20 32. The Knife’s Edge Dance 7 3.24.17 33. Private 70 9.24.15 34. Slow Healer 120 5.14.18 35. The Soulful Stench 12 7.13.17 Part IV: Quotidian Highs–p. 102 36. The Benevolent Roar 7 7.24.16 37. What Counts for a Pass 49 10.16.19 38. The Antidote E Line 1.26.22 39. FunnyTragicScaryEndearing — 11.7.16 40. Both Ways — 11.21.15 41. Tending to the Living — 12.11.19 42. Our Lady of Miracles 7 6.15.20 43. Conversing with My Colleagues: II 41 11.21.19 44. Poker Face Practice 49 1.23.16 45. Vern: 7 5.28.20 46. Just the Two of Us, Gruffly — 6.14.19 47. Saint Gladness E Line 6.6.18 Part V: Hard Times–p. 136 48. Poem for the Walking Dead 3 12.16.23 49. She’s on Fire 49 10.4.19 50. Something Early E Line 11.23.21 51. Truthfulness, the Final Currency 49 7.23.16 52. Dawit 41 7.13.14 53. On Terror and Other Things — 10.3.17 54. AngryNice, Again 7 7.7.16 55. To Thrive, Meanwhile 49 6.24.20 56. The Dawn of Time — 4.11.18 57. Jessica Lee 7 2.19.20 58. Saddest Music in the World 36 9.11.16 59. This, Too, Happens 49 6.10.20 Part VI: Softly, While We Still Can–p. 170 60. Kindness in the Days of After 49 7.22.18 61. Why So Serious 49 6.29.20 62. She Did It on a Monday 7 2.28.15 63. With What Time We Have — November 2015 64. Deserve, the Concept and the Song 7 9.18.17 65. Go Forth 21 5.5.19 66. 21st-Century Man 120 8.30.19 67. Vern: II 7 5.28.20 68. The Problem We All Live With — 12.25.14 69. A Given Thing 49 12.25.17 Part VII: You Won’t Always Be Around–p. 193 70. Details on a Day Off 41 2.8.17 71. Details, Continued 41 2.8.17 72. The Child — 7.1.18 73. Better to Suffer Hardship Than Cause It 75 12.22.21 74. Ah, Volume 7 5.29.18 75. The Glow — 6.6.19 76. On Acing It 49 6.9.24 77. AJ — 6.3.20 78. The Child: II 7 8.31.17 79. Clean-Shaven Revelation 7 3.31.20 80. The Veterinarian 21 Summer 2019 81. Alonzo Rising — 6.8.19 82. It’s About Who’s Around 7 10.10.20 83. Reflective — 12.31.18 Epilogue–p. 233
Part I: From Darkness to Light–p. 7 1. This Happens Too 7 4.6.15 2. Not Because It Is Easy E line 4.7.22 3. The Day the Earth Stood Still 70 5.3.17 4. Figuring It All Out in the Bullpen — 8.4.16 5. King Trevor 7 7.6.19 6. Compton, Gently — 7.6.03 7. Chosen 7 10.24.18 8. Our Lady of Context 7 2.6.20 9. Of Angels and Alcohol 49 11.29.15 Part II: The Things We Carry–p. 32 10. Paris — 11.13.15 11. Aaoghuu 124 10.23.13 12. In China — 1.3.12 13. In Praise of Silver Hair 7 4.30.15 14. Lulit 36 5.18.14 15. Conversing with My Colleagues: I 41 4.21.17 16. It’s Neutral Beige’s Night 49 10.25.14 17. Love Is in the Air 7 9.21.15 18. The Bullet Train 49 2.9.18 19. Place de République — 11.14.15 20. In Supplication 7 9.2.15 21. Richard 49 1.2.18 22. I Bet You Approve uh Gay Marriage! 4 9.23.13 23. Kind Heart 10 8.15.13 Part III: The Children Inside–p. 68 24. Eulogy for the Damned — 5.23.19 25. The Question 7 2.2.17 26. In Napoli — 1.8.15 27. The Nameless Heroes — 12.10.09 28. Islamofriendia 7 12.13.15 29. AngryNice 7 5.1.16 30. I’ll Still Do It Again, the Same Way 7 3.1.18 31. Bravado 49 5.1.20 32. The Knife’s Edge Dance 7 3.24.17 33. Private 70 9.24.15 34. Slow Healer 120 5.14.18 35. The Soulful Stench 12 7.13.17 Part IV: Quotidian Highs–p. 102 36. The Benevolent Roar 7 7.24.16 37. What Counts for a Pass 49 10.16.19 38. The Antidote E Line 1.26.22 39. FunnyTragicScaryEndearing — 11.7.16 40. Both Ways — 11.21.15 41. Tending to the Living — 12.11.19 42. Our Lady of Miracles 7 6.15.20 43. Conversing with My Colleagues: II 41 11.21.19 44. Poker Face Practice 49 1.23.16 45. Vern: 7 5.28.20 46. Just the Two of Us, Gruffly — 6.14.19 47. Saint Gladness E Line 6.6.18 Part V: Hard Times–p. 136 48. Poem for the Walking Dead 3 12.16.23 49. She’s on Fire 49 10.4.19 50. Something Early E Line 11.23.21 51. Truthfulness, the Final Currency 49 7.23.16 52. Dawit 41 7.13.14 53. On Terror and Other Things — 10.3.17 54. AngryNice, Again 7 7.7.16 55. To Thrive, Meanwhile 49 6.24.20 56. The Dawn of Time — 4.11.18 57. Jessica Lee 7 2.19.20 58. Saddest Music in the World 36 9.11.16 59. This, Too, Happens 49 6.10.20 Part VI: Softly, While We Still Can–p. 170 60. Kindness in the Days of After 49 7.22.18 61. Why So Serious 49 6.29.20 62. She Did It on a Monday 7 2.28.15 63. With What Time We Have — November 2015 64. Deserve, the Concept and the Song 7 9.18.17 65. Go Forth 21 5.5.19 66. 21st-Century Man 120 8.30.19 67. Vern: II 7 5.28.20 68. The Problem We All Live With — 12.25.14 69. A Given Thing 49 12.25.17 Part VII: You Won’t Always Be Around–p. 193 70. Details on a Day Off 41 2.8.17 71. Details, Continued 41 2.8.17 72. The Child — 7.1.18 73. Better to Suffer Hardship Than Cause It 75 12.22.21 74. Ah, Volume 7 5.29.18 75. The Glow — 6.6.19 76. On Acing It 49 6.9.24 77. AJ — 6.3.20 78. The Child: II 7 8.31.17 79. Clean-Shaven Revelation 7 3.31.20 80. The Veterinarian 21 Summer 2019 81. Alonzo Rising — 6.8.19 82. It’s About Who’s Around 7 10.10.20 83. Reflective — 12.31.18 Epilogue–p. 233
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