When I was a child, I had a handful of CDs that I listened to over and over again. One of them was a recording of the last Schubert Piano Sonata by Wilhelm Kempff. I always loved this music for several obvious reasons, one of them being the fact that each of the movements just go on forever. I liked that I could engage with this beautiful music and the story it was telling me without worrying that it would soon be over. When I started working on this string quartet, I wanted to create a similar situation within my own music. I wanted to create a musical narrative that would make you forget about time, that would allow you to just dwell in it. The surreal image evoked by the title, which is based on a line of poetry by Majorie Pickthall (1882-1922), should serve as a starting point for the listener as they embark on their own listening journey.