Our lives slip past us at an alarming rate of knots. And so often in that slipstream we forget what we’ve done, moments we’ve shared and that includes those of us obsessed with taking photographs.
When I came across this TED video I was struck by the simplicity of it and just how impactive it was. To record one second of your life, every single day for the rest of your life, from a first person point of view, you get to capture everything without spoiling the moment or taking away from real-time you are sharing with people and the creative outcome is ridiculously impressive.
Watch this video and tell me, can you imagine doing this and seeing your life this way? What would it feel like? Does it inspire you to take just one second out of your day to record your life? I think I’m going to try it…
Five hour video of fifty years of his life – that is really wild if you think about it.
My wife used to snap photos all the time and I bet something similar could be done that way,
Rebecca – What a fascinating idea! It must be interesting to look back after a few years and see how far one’s come.
Exactly. And I officially started mine yesterday š
What he did–take a year off every seven years–reminds me of the now-popular Genius Hour in classrooms, where we give students 20% of their ed time to pursue their passions.
What a cool video.
It’s great isn’t it. And I’ve started mine š
This is totally amazing. Love it!
I’m glad you liked it. I was inspired by it and recorded my first second yesterday š
Interesting idea. What if one day we could record every second of our lives…and then we could go back to when we were 15, 20, 25…and watch it all again. Would that be a good thing? I suspect not… What’s scary is, that technology will probably exist someday. (Well, it already does, but nobody’s going to run a camera 24/7 and store it all!)
I’m not sure I’d like the idea of every second! One second is doable š
Mmm…bad timing for me. I am trying hard to forget a lot of stuff. I am reminded of a Creed song in which Scott Stapp sings, “I think I’m holding on to life too tight.”
As he says in his video, the bad stuff was recorded too and it’s only a second, and hopefully one you will be past it and will be able to see just how far past it you are.
Heading off to watch that video now, Rebecca. It’s sounds very interesting š
I hope you enjoyed it Dianne š
What a creative idea and a fantastic way to keep track of memories. š
When Cesar talked about people filming things and not experiencing them properly, it reminded me of when I bought a camcorder and spent hours filming my young children before I realised I wasn’t enjoying the time and building up proper memories in my mind. Probably slightly counter to some of what he was saying, but I now have an aversion to cameras and filming. I want the full experience without distractions. Nevertheless, I do understand where he’s coming from and I can see how this would encourage you to make sure you did something special every day. Hope it works for you, Rebecca.