Temporal Grid is an Electron-based generative clock that visualizes the passage of time through a 41×41 grid.
Each second and minute is represented by two independent paths — a fast white line for seconds and a slower red line for minutes — that move randomly across the grid, continuously building new patterns.
Every hour, the system saves SVG and PNG snapshots of these patterns, layering them in the background so that, as the day progresses, the screen gradually fills with overlapping traces that form heat maps, becoming increasingly visible toward the end of the day. By the end of the day, this process results in a unique and original pattern, different each time, reflecting the entire visual activity of that specific day.

Desktop demo - Second and minute paths.
Desktop demo - hour reset.
The screenshots below show an example of the clock’s state at the beginning and at the end of a day.

Start of the day - empty grid, first paths emerging.

End of the day - dense grid, final layered pattern.