Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day

There are so many tiny, beautiful, funny, tragic moments in your life -- how are you going to remember them all? Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of video every day as part of an ongoing project to collect all the special bits of his life.

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[joeycarrot]

I was waiting for him to take a 1 second clip of the audience.

[Mucker]

I think that's a big point of this project, makes you go out and try to make your life interesting, so you have that 1 awesome sec to record :)

[PatrickHuertas]

1 more week and I'll finish a whole year of 1SE!

[suomeaboo]

Just hit my 9th anniversary of filming 1 second every day as of last month. My memories have become far clearer and well-documented than ever before. Thank you so much for changing my life in such a simple way.

[KuZiMeiChuan]

For the last seven years of my life, whenever I've gotten free time I've been sitting at this desk in front of a computer watching other people play video games, listening to other people's music, reading their stories and viewing their artwork. I have created nothing and I've never been anywhere far from my house. I have no best friends and no family. I understand that this is supposed to be jarring, yet I don't feel compelled to change after watching this.

[xmissxHx]

4 and a half years into my 1 second everyday project, so happy to be able to watch my life back this way!

[ransomdave]

Wow, how depressing, watching this guys 1 second every day makes me jealous of how interesting his life looks...

[erikpilon]

I was just thinking "I wish there was an app for this and I didn't actually have to do work" then I find-out he DID make an app in the app store for 99 cents. I just filmed my first second.

[eugenre]

I started with a similar intention of doing 1 second each day but found out rather quickly that some days/events need more time to not even make the film more interesting but also to do justice to the importance of it. Like the birth of my son. To compensate I left out some really boring days or days I'd only work 12 hour shifts and not being allowed to film anything. I also added a soundtrack but sometimes mixed inn the original sound from the video. It was fun to make and do!

[Alchemistic]

The more you record your days, the more you'll want to do other things. Many of his days were just him reading a book, eating some food, on the computer, with his family, grocery shopping, someone driving, going out with friends. I'm sure you do all those things you just don't think about it. And like he said it'll inspire you to do more with your time :)

[avedic]

Man....after seeing his video....my life feels utterly boring and predictable. But, it's inspiring to seek out a more interesting life. Actually, this video REALLY inspires me to shake up the rut I find myself in. Definitely saving this talk.
Though...I must say, having the video playing the whole time realllly took away from his talk. I was barely concentrating on a thing he said.

[suicune]

I would probably be depressed if I did something like this. He seems to lead a very interesting and fulfilled life. I go to work then come home. I may or may not do something on the weekends.

[swaruprajbhandari]

I am definitely adding this to my schedule. damn, how could one not do this. awesome.

[xatul]

Recorded everything for almost 3 years, forgot to take backup and lost everything. Came back to this video, we start again today.

[Nunazac]

So true what Oakenguitar said. If you're happy spending you're days in front of a computer, then do so. Remain positive and always try to grow and improve. If you're not happy, and want a more "interesting" life, go do it. If you notice, a lot of his one second clips were just with family or something casual like reading a book. He's just being himself and enjoying life. Do the same, no matter what that is.

[mikiesarabia]

This is genius, we MUST make this a trend

[prestigeworldwidepro]

Backed Cesar on kickstarter and have had the app since it came out. Money well spent.

[JustinPoli]

I started doing this project at the beginning of 2013 and it's been incredible so far. One of the best decisions i've ever made

[oakenguitar]

look at it this way, being in front of a computer is a big step up from being in front of a tv. just make sure you watch at least one video that makes you smarter or makes you laugh.

[Alex_]

My way also. It's also one of the important ways to live: remember the good times and get through the bad times.
Memories, pics, videos are nice but, to live mostly on memories and constantly looking back is not a good way to go. This is true and can be tested logically.