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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.82,0:00:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.47,0:00:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in New York, and I've been working in advertising
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.92,0:00:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for -- ever since I left school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.57,0:00:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so about seven, eight years now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.19,0:00:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was draining.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.74,0:00:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked a lot of late nights. I worked a lot of weekends,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.46,0:00:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found myself never having time for all the projects
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.63,0:00:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted to work on on my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.93,0:00:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day I was at work and I saw a talk
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.89,0:00:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Stefan Sagmeister on TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was called "The power of time off,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.78,0:00:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he spoke about how every seven years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.41,0:00:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he takes a year off from work so he could
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.52,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do his own creative projects, and I was instantly inspired,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.18,0:00:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just said, "I have to do that. I have to take a year off.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.57,0:00:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to take time to travel and spend time with my family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.05,0:00:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start my own creative ideas."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.34,0:00:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first of those projects ended up being
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.98,0:00:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I called "One Second Every Day."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.54,0:00:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically I'm recording one second of every day of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.88,0:00:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.61,0:00:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chronologically compiling these one-second
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.55,0:01:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tiny slices of my life into one single continuous video
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.85,0:01:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until, you know, I can't record them anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.53,0:01:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The purpose of this project is, one:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.89,0:01:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hate not remembering things that I've done in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.61,0:01:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's all these things that I've done with my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.32,0:01:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have no recollection of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.23,0:01:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless someone brings it up, and sometimes I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.95,0:01:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yeah, that's something that I did."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.52,0:01:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something that I realized early on in the project
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.16,0:01:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that if I wasn't doing anything interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.89,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would probably forget to record the video.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.36,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the day -- the first time that I forgot, it really hurt me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's something that I really wanted to --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.31,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the moment that I turned 30, I wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep this project going until forever,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.86,0:01:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having missed that one second, I realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.30,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just kind of created this thing in my head
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.06,0:01:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I never forgot ever again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.60,0:01:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I live to see 80 years of age,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.60,0:02:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have a five-hour video
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.23,0:02:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that encapsulates 50 years of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.98,0:02:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I turn 40, I'll have a one-hour video
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.37,0:02:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that includes just my 30s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.61,0:02:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has really
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.14,0:02:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invigorated me day-to-day, when I wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.41,0:02:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and do something interesting with my day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.76,0:02:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of the things that I have issues with is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.26,0:02:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the days and weeks and months go by,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.46,0:02:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time just seems to start blurring
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.28,0:02:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blending into each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.20,0:02:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, I hated that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.93,0:02:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visualization is the way to trigger memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.99,0:02:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, this project for me is a way for me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.88,0:03:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bridge that gap and remember everything that I've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.18,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even just this one second allows me to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything else I did that one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult, sometimes, to pick that one second.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.68,0:03:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a good day, I'll have maybe three or four seconds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.86,0:03:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I really want to choose,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.58,0:03:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll just have to narrow it down to one,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even narrowing it down to that one allows me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.69,0:03:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remember the other three anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.17,0:03:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also kind of a protest, a personal protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.71,0:03:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the culture we have now where people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.11,0:03:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just are at concerts with their cell phones out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.55,0:03:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recording the whole concert, and they're disturbing you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.70,0:03:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not even enjoying the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.93,0:03:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're watching the concert through their cell phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.04,0:03:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hate that. I admittedly used to be that guy a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.01,0:03:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in the day, and I've decided that the best way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.82,0:03:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to still capture and keep a visual memory of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.40,0:03:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be that person, is to just record that one second
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.49,0:03:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will allow me to trigger that memory of,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.76,0:03:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, that concert was amazing. I really loved that concert."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.14,0:04:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it just takes a quick, quick second.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.55,0:04:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on a three-month road trip this summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.43,0:04:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was something that I've been dreaming about doing my whole life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.29,0:04:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just driving around the U.S. and Canada
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.78,0:04:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just figuring out where to go the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.02,0:04:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was kind of outstanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.62,0:04:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually ran out, I spent too much money on my road trip
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.34,0:04:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the savings that I had to take my year off,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.32,0:04:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I had to, I went to Seattle and I spent some time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.22,0:04:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends working on a really neat project.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.11,0:04:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons that I took my year off was to spend more time with my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.87,0:04:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this really tragic thing happened where
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.28,0:04:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sister-in-law,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.89,0:04:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her intestine suddenly strangled one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.32,0:04:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we took her to the emergency room,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.10,0:04:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was, she was in really bad shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.39,0:04:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We almost lost her a couple of times,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.47,0:04:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was there with my brother every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.91,0:05:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helped me realize something else during this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.68,0:05:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that recording that one second on a really bad day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.20,0:05:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is extremely difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.43,0:05:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not -- we tend to take our cameras out when we're doing awesome things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.63,0:05:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or we're, "Oh, yeah, this party, let me take a picture."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.05,0:05:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we rarely do that when we're having a bad day,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.06,0:05:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something horrible is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.94,0:05:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found that it's actually been very, very important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.36,0:05:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to record even just that one second of a really bad moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.90,0:05:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really helps you appreciate the good times.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not always a good day, so when you have a bad one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.89,0:05:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's important to remember it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.79,0:05:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as much as it is important to remember the [good] days.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.48,0:06:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now one of the things that I do is I don't use any filters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.35,0:06:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't use anything to -- I try to capture the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.12,0:06:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as possible as the way that I saw it with my own eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.75,0:06:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started a rule of first person perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.49,0:06:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, I think I had a couple of videos where
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.56,0:06:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see me in it, but I realized that wasn't the way to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.77,0:06:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way to really remember what I saw
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.62,0:06:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to record it as I actually saw it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.54,0:06:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a couple of things that I have in my head about this project are,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.80,0:06:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't it be interesting if thousands of people were doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.77,0:06:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned 31 last week, which is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.03,0:06:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it would be interesting to see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.76,0:06:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what everyone did with a project like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.60,0:06:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everyone would have a different interpretation of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.60,0:06:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everyone would benefit from just having that one second to remember every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.34,0:07:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I'm tired of forgetting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.19,0:07:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a really easy thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.76,0:07:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we all have HD-capable cameras in our pockets right now --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.63,0:07:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people in this room, I bet --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.46,0:07:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's something that's --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.05,0:07:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never want to forget another day that I've ever lived,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.30,0:07:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is my way of doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.58,0:07:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'd be really interesting also to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.37,0:07:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you could just type in on a website,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.34,0:07:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"June 18, 2018,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.55,0:07:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you would just see a stream of people's lives
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.90,0:07:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that particular day from all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.59,0:07:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know, I think this project has a lot of possibilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.81,0:07:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I encourage you all to record just a small snippet of your life every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.46,0:07:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can never forget that that day, you lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.31,0:07:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.01,0:07:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)