In my role as editor of WaterShapes, I'm often approached with tales of utterly amazing projects in the works - but still months or even years away from completion. That can be frustrating at times, because the only way to satisfy my piqued interest is to wait things out until the time finally arrives when we might get the privilege of covering the results in these pages. These experiences in learning to master my impatience have gone a long way toward proving to me that anticipation can actually be a wonderful thing. This issue, for instance, carries a prime example of the way this waiting game can pay off in the form of James Altas'"Shell Games" (page 56), in which a Chicago-area builder begins two-part coverage of a project of mind-bending complexity and scope.
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