Ted Talk: One Second Every Day

       In the Ted Talk: One second every day, Cesar Kuriyama made the argument that each day we live is important and should not be forgotten. To illustrate his point he used his own personal experiences and anecdotes, as well as a video which contained one second clips of his life from every day of the past few years. The result was an inspiring speech which left me, (the audience) with a desire to follow his example and go make a 'one second a day'  video of my own.  

The video itself, spoke the loudest for Kuriyama's argument. Through his whole speech, one second snippets of every day from the last three years or so rolled past the screen, giving the audience a peak into his life. We saw glimpsed of his road trip across the U.S. and him and his family deal with the hospitalization of his sister in law. At least 10 clips were of people sitting in a waiting room or of a hospital bed. Those ten seconds-- representing ten days, give the audience something that Kuriyama couldn't have given them with just words. The video lets the audience see into his life and allows him to show them what he means by not losing a single day.

Kuriyama's speech itself was filled with personal experiences and stories which helped him explain why the project was so important to him.  He explained how in such a world as ours, where everyone wants more, cutting each day down to a single second is difficult, but makes that second so much more meaningful. Triggering the memory is the important part. He wraps up his speech with a 'think of how cool it would be', and sort of leaves the audience with a hopeful feeling for the world and the concept of living each day as best you can and never letting a day pass with out doing something memorable. 

I thought Kuiyama was really smart and efficient about proving his point, and that this one would be an interesting video for other kids to watch. http://www.ted.com/talks/cesar_kuriyama_one_second_every_day.html