Amy Shaffer

Breaking out of the transactional relationship of creation

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The work of Hilma af Klint. What drives someone to first see, second create, and third be willing to share despite having zero external indicators that their work has any place in the world?

“To be able to actually have the vision of what is real meet up in a place where everybody can acknowledge it - It’s asynchronous. Time does not actually have the final say.” Pretty much anything that surrounds you that you can say this is real or this is valued is a generalization.

About the speaker

Amy Spittler Shaffer is the co-creator and creative director of The Wonderment, a non-profit digital platform and global community that connects kids to take creative action in their communities. The Wonderment has brought together people from over 100 countries to make youth-initiated projects happen from Costa Rica to Kenya to Australia and was nominated for a Webby for Best Youth Website, alongside PBS Kids and Teen Vogue.

Amy is an advocate for the youthful mind and what’s possible when we support young people’s voices and ideas. She has shared this message in places like TEDx, ISTE, General Assembly and SXSW and her work has been featured by Slate, the New York Times, MindShift and PBS.