# Rivers born in mountain snow
# Seek paths to distant seas
def flow(waters)
  return waters if waters.length <= 1
  
  # Waters part at stone and ice
  middle = waters.length / 2
  left, right = waters.take(middle), waters.drop(middle)
  
  # Through valleys they wind deep
  left_flow = flow(left)
  right_flow = flow(right)
  
  # Below to meet as one again
  # Dancing toward the sea
  left_flow.merge(right_flow)
end

Mountain Streams

@interface OceanSearch : NSObject
@property Depths *depths;
@property Fish *fish;
- (NSInteger)searchWaters:(NSUInteger)low high:(NSUInteger)high;
- (NSInteger)searchDeeper:(NSUInteger)mid than:(NSUInteger)high;
@end

@implementation OceanSearch

- (NSInteger)searchWaters:(NSUInteger)low high:(NSUInteger)high {
    NSInteger mid = [depths depthBetween:low and:high];  // dawn breaks on still seas
    if (low > high) return NSNotFound;          // through deep waters time flows past
    if ([fish swimsAtDepth:mid])                // memories appear
        return mid;                             // in these depths I find your trace
    return [self searchDeeper:mid than:high];   // seeking in the endless deep
}

- (NSInteger)searchDeeper:(NSUInteger)mid than:(NSUInteger)high {
    return [fish compareToDepth:mid] > 0
        ? [self searchWaters:mid+1 high:high]
        : [self searchWaters:low high:mid-1];
}
@end

Ocean Search

⍝ Fractal Dreams: Where Infinity Nests
⍝ A meditation on self-similarity

⍝ The Seed
∇ Z←Genesis N
  Z←2 2⍴1 0 0 1  ⍝ Birth from unity
⍝ Four points mark creation
⍝ Before infinite recursion
∇

⍝ The Pattern Grows
∇ R←Pattern Unfolds;D
  D←⍳4          ⍝ Four directions call
  R←D∘.×D       ⍝ Matrix of possibility
  R←R,[⍳2]⌽R    ⍝ Mirrors reflect growth
⍝ Each reflection holds new worlds
∇

⍝ Recursive Dreams
∇ Z←Dreams N;Level
  Level←N       ⍝ How deep shall we dream?
  Z←(2*Level)   ⍝ Powers of becoming
  Z←Z Z⍴0      ⍝ Space of possibility
⍝ In emptiness, forms emerge
  →(Level≤0)⍴0  ⍝ Base case: awakening
  Z←(Dreams N-1)⍴⍨2×⍴Z  ⍝ Dream within dreams
⍝ Each level mirrors itself
∇

⍝ The Fractal Dance
∇ Dance←{
  ⍵≤0:⍬        ⍝ Return from depths
  Now←⍵ ⍵⍴1    ⍝ Present moment
  Past←∇ ⍵-1   ⍝ Recursive memory
  Now⍪Past     ⍝ Time spirals inward
}∇
⍝ Time becomes space
⍝ Space becomes pattern
⍝ Pattern becomes mind

⍝ Mandelbrot's Whisper
∇ Z←Whisper N;C;I
  C←¯2J¯2+4J4×(⍳N)∘.+0J1×⍳N÷N
  I←0×C
  Z←{⍵≥50:⍵ ⋄ ∇⍨1+11○(I←I×I)+C}0
⍝ Complex planes birth dragons
⍝ Each point a universe
⍝ Each iteration a lifetime
∇

⍝ The Final Iteration
∇ Infinity←{
  ⍝ When patterns fold to patterns
  ⍝ And dreams nest within dreams
  ⍝ Where does the fractal end
  ⍝ And where do we begin?
  ∊⍵,∇¨⍵
}∇
⍝ The answer lies within
⍝ Each scale a perfect whole

Fractal Dreams

# green shoots pierce the earth
# tender branches spread their wings
# reaching for the sky
class TreeNode
  attr_accessor :left, :right
  def initialize; end
end

# leaf by leaf we trace
# through the garden's branching paths
# wisdom waits for us
def traverse(node)           
  return if node.nil?        
  traverse(node.left)        
  visit_node(node)          
  traverse(node.right)       
end

# one path leads to two
# each branch holds a secret now
# truth flows back to root
def visit_node(node)
  yield node if block_given?
  nil
end

# our garden grows here
# seedlings form their patterns new
# walk the path and bloom
root = TreeNode.new
root.left = TreeNode.new
root.right = TreeNode.new
root.left.right = TreeNode.new

puts "  🌱"
puts " / \\"
puts "🌱  🌱"
puts " \\"
puts "  🌱"

puts
traverse(root) { |node| print "🍃 " }
puts

Paths Through Branches

-- Morning Thoughts
SELECT consciousness.dream
FROM memories
INNER JOIN consciousness 
  ON memories.timestamp = consciousness.awakening
WHERE dawn.light > 0
GROUP BY consciousness.clarity;

-- Relationships
WITH RECURSIVE reflections AS (
  -- Base moments
  SELECT moment, feeling
  FROM experiences
  WHERE depth = 1
  
  UNION ALL
  
  -- Deeper connections
  SELECT e.moment, r.feeling
  FROM experiences e
  INNER JOIN reflections r
    ON e.prior_moment = r.moment
  WHERE e.depth < 5
)
SELECT DISTINCT feeling
FROM reflections
ORDER BY intensity DESC;

-- Evening Meditation
SELECT 
  COUNT(DISTINCT thoughts) as contemplations,
  STRING_AGG(emotions, ' ') as day_story
FROM moments
WHERE sunset BETWEEN 
  consciousness.rise 
  AND consciousness.fall
HAVING depth > surface_thoughts;

Connections (A SQL Poetry Cycle)

PROC recursive dreams = VOID: 
BEGIN
    # In dreams we dream of dreams #
    REF VOID consciousness := NIL;
    IF consciousness :=: NIL
        THEN recursive dreams
        ELSE SKIP # who dreams? #
    FI
END

The Koan of Recursive Dreams

MODE MIND = REF REAL;
PROC deep thoughts rise up = 
    (MIND mind) VOID: 
    BEGIN
        CO each thought calls its past CO
        IF mind = NIL 
            THEN SKIP CO dreams fade to dawn CO
        ELSE 
            SKIP; CO thoughts arise CO
            deep thoughts rise up(mind);
            SKIP CO wisdom returns CO
        FI
    END;

CO like rings in still pond CO
MIND soul := LOC REAL;
deep thoughts rise up(soul);
CO ripples return home CO

#recursion