More having a play around now than anything else. 

I've found that by altering the scale of things, the experience and image is changed dramatically.

These are the functions btw, it's all pretty simple.

def xfunction(z):
    return 600. * math.cos(300*(0.05*frameCount)*6.28*z) +  15. * math.sin(3. * 6.28 * z)
   
def yfunction(z):
    return 600.* math.sin(300*(0.05*frameCount)*6.28*z)  + 15. * math.sin(3. * 6.28 * z)