for string quartet (2021)

skip - to move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

I like how the word describes physical movement but also the idea of jumping ahead in the narrative, like skipping a chapter in a book. I think I was mostly thinking about the first meaning, but after writing the piece I realised it kind of suggests both - lots of unrelated, unfinished ideas crammed into a short space., not really developing, just skipping., like a bored child.