Meet
Seldon Young.
Producer of The Swan Princess. Co-founder of Nest Entertainment. Wearer of pink argyle. Founder of Waves of Words — and the man whose life became Professor WOW.
A life spent teaching stories how to fly.
If you have ever watched The Swan Princess — the beloved 1994 animated film — you already know his work. Seldon co-founded Nest Entertainment, spending four years and forty-five million dollars with over three hundred artists and zero prior filmmaking experience to bring Princess Odette to life.
He is known worldwide for his iconic argyle suits — pink, purple, teal, every color imaginable — each one covered in the Swan Princess characters he helped bring into the world. Seldon wears his heart on his sleeve. Literally.
"It's wonderful to be proud enough of your work to wear it on your sleeve."
After decades of animated storytelling, Seldon turned his attention to a smaller stage and a larger story. He was on the Andaman coast when the wave arrived in December 2004. He survived. He did not leave.
What began as a few visits became a decade. What began as a decade became a home. And what began as a home became Waves of Words — a promise to the children of Ban Nam Khem that their voices would carry as far as any Swan Princess had flown.
Instruments, not ruins.
Standing in the school courtyard in pink argyle shorts and lei, Seldon handed instruments to kids who had lost so much — and watched their faces light up.
The music program has been running for over twelve years. The Swan Princess Band plays for every visitor. That pink argyle? It later became Professor WOW's signature suit.
A village that showed up.
Hundreds of children. One man in a pink argyle suit. A welcome banner they made by hand that reads "Mr. Seldon Young · Bannamkem School".
This is what two decades of showing up looks like. It is loud. It is full of laughter. It is what every Waves of Words intern arrives into — a community that already knows why they are there.
They have been through so much — yet are so resilient, always offering that world-famous Thai smile.Seldon Young · on the people of Ban Nam Khem