This piece is inspired by the Mallalieu series, a self-referential musical structure first explored by Robert Morris in his work Not Lilacs. I was drawn to the way

the series can generate material that continually grows out of itself.

Using this idea, I imagined the piece as a musical tree, where each gesture leads to new offshoots and directions. At times, many lines unfold at once, creating

dense, interwoven textures. At other moments, the music thins out into brief points of stability, with only one or two lines remaining. The work also includes

large, echoing chordal passages that expand the sense of space.

Each cymbal hit marks the start of a new musical branch, signaling a moment where the music splits and grows in a new direction. Chaotic and deeply inter-

connected, I find it to be a beautiful exploration of emergence.