Where to keep a sigil
Somewhere you’ll see it regularly but not constantly. Phone wallpaper is the most common choice and the quickest to fade into background. A printout in a notebook or on the desk lasts longer. The main rule: the symbol should catch your eye without turning into wallpaper in the figurative sense too.
The options
- Lock-screen wallpaper — seen dozens of times a day. Plus: you won’t forget it. Minus: in a week you stop noticing.
- A notebook’s cover or first page — appears when you sit down to work. Good for work intentions.
- A printout on the desk or inside a cupboard door — rare but conscious.
- In a wallet or phone case — for protective symbols that travel «with you».
- As a pattern on jewellery — if you decide to order an engraving.
On habituation
Any symbol stops being noticed after one-two weeks in one place. That doesn’t mean it’s «spent»: the brain simply stopped reacting. Move it elsewhere — and attention returns.
On privacy
A sigil is a personal intention made object. Phone wallpaper is seen by everyone you show your screen to. If the intention is intimate, pick a place only you see.
When to take it down
When the task is solved. Keeping the symbol of a matter already closed is a way of quietly going on living in the old situation.
The instructions come with the symbol.