This work is based on a series of sketches that were generated at the MacDowell Artist Colony in New Hampshire in December and January of 2013-2014, ideas generated from the ascending order of fractions that create interesting symmetrical properties (the Farey series). While this trench work served as a somewhat obtuse structural foundation, the surface and expression of the music is very much related to the experience—mostly imagined— of the art of Parkour, and the person known as a traceur, who as a skilled runner and jumper often performs acrobatic feats of flight (mostly choreographed). This work is about the idea of tracing a path, a person trying to run as fast as possible into (but not around) rails and obstacles with minimal energy and without slowing down.

This composition was completed November 3, 2014 in Iowa City, and premiered on a recital of contemporary American works November 8 on the University of Iowa campus, with Michael Norsworthy performing and the composer at the piano. It was revised thrice before its final recording in Mechanic's Hall, Worchester, MA on November 16, 2015.