It serves as a good Koppany-Appreciation-Test: is you immediately like it, you'll love Waves; if it doesn't do anything for you, don't bother with Waves. For me, it is the kind of thing that accounts for the words, "wry" and "droll" in our language. It's an almost-silly take on a highly unemotional person's passion--a barely noticeable loop in an otherwise extremely humdrum life. And/or a depiction of how little strong emotion really counts--a little loop, then back to normalcy. But, wait. Reconsider. The loop is an incredible act of non-conformity in its wave-context. And it makes something interesting--a closed space. Also an e, hence, a hint of verbality as a source of passion.

Who knows how valid my interpretations are. The point, though, is that this one-frame piece can cause them. The other pieces in the book do, too. Smiles and wonder--these are their effects.