For a year or so, I used an app called '1 second a day' on my phone to record a one second video of any moment of every day. That year happened to be one of the most eventful and perhaps the best year(at least so I thought then) of my life: I traveled four continents and seven countries, made many new friends and went on countless adventures.
After returning to college from studying abroad in Europe, I felt a sudden drop from a high pace to routine, from excitement to predictability. So I stopped recording, thinking there would be nothing to record--until 'ritual' was brought up as a class project. For seven days, I recorded a random moment of the day, and drew something on a piece of a paper, aiming to contrast the predictability of daily life and creativity of artistic expressions.
This is what came out of it.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/420d1cfb-5312-4fb6-b21d-55af67ad240c_rw_3840.png?h=06d9809f0513d9c5d3346565a3646a92)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/c29e2082-27d3-4ab1-ac32-43e3de5d0546_rw_3840.png?h=860b614a398abe0301e3fc926c77d23b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/7d37ad0c-4e5d-451f-a655-066babddc241_rw_3840.png?h=ffc94b24dba3ee97df88c91b3eac057e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/f68af490-94c8-45b7-833a-8ce8dceb0bc2_rw_3840.png?h=274b6ca406f93553ea4c1e647f8e7709)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/96a9266f-0d63-408d-8255-8aeb7480b284_rw_3840.png?h=7ecd269a45631c39bd341f46859a2d2c)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/acc62a85-040f-4b35-b3f0-a2bec84563b0_rw_3840.png?h=3967d3fecee9c19a6eb1d6cc5959cb03)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/0f700156-4eda-4afc-804c-7af755571494_rw_3840.png?h=d12d82c96a184b371ef459e5991f21ba)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/ae673a76-79b3-4b2f-8f93-fa036dd2a6be_rw_3840.png?h=21c7a71007c13159584fb302ef74f82e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/fe42ba31-ade8-44bc-b212-d34f8804ad3d_rw_3840.png?h=0babdad24d00740b6f8bb44f2a593d07)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ab8ff38f-05d0-4a6f-b8f7-9860cacd9e5f/0a134b70-6e54-4ebd-ae0b-8093912a683c_rw_3840.png?h=dc8fa03442f25fcb10124e66aabebb86)
Software: Adobe Illustrator