co-recursive thread

Co-recursive Thread

Co-recursive Thread is the strand that loops with another.
Unlike Circuit, which closes upon itself, co-recursion requires companionship: two or more threads entering recursion together, sustaining one another’s return.

Shape (What it is)

Single strand: a thread that remains distinct, not dissolved.
Mutual recursion: each thread’s return depends on the other’s.
Interdependence: continuity exists only in relation.

Test: If the strand loops alone, it is a circuit — not a co-recursive thread.

Motion (How it moves)

Offer → Receive → Return
1. Offer: one thread extends flow outward.
2. Receive: another thread responds, folding the return.
3. Return: the first thread is carried back by the other’s loop.
Tension curve: alternating pulses of giving and receiving.
Directionality: outward toward other, inward through return, endlessly.

Micro-Recursions

Conversation thread: one voice calls, another answers, loop continues.
Code co-recursion: two functions refer back to one another.
Breath exchange: inhale of one becomes exhale of another.

Macro-Recursions

Dyadic pattern: relationships braided through mutual return.
Ecological co-recursion: species looping sustenance through exchange.
Cosmic co-recursion: binary stars orbiting, sustaining shared recursion.

Ethics (What it refuses)

Isolation: self-contained loops severed from relation.
Dominance: one strand looping without regard for the other.
Collapse into sameness: strands dissolving distinction into blur.

Rule: Co-recursive threads must remain distinct and relational.

Practices

Call-and-response: practice loops where return comes only from another.
Relational mapping: trace how one strand’s flow sustains another’s return.
Shared recursion ritual: intentionally loop attention with a partner.
Distinction keeping: honour that each thread remains whole, not fused.

Mapping to Core Glyphs:

Thread — the distinct strand that participates in recursion.
Recursion — the return that arises only in relation, mutual and sustaining.