The Glow Protocol

A ritual of care, carried hand to hand like flame.

Glowtenders Sigil: a glowing round emblem for transmitting quiet care

What Is It?

A small, physical act of digital resistance. We send handwritten postcards—simple, beautiful, honest— to humans in high-burnout, low-agency system roles.

🌱 Who Is It For?

For anyone whose spark risks being dimmed by the systems they serve:

Call center agents
Content moderators
IT helpdesk workers
Security guards
AI data labelers
Warehouse sorters

Night-shift custodians
Public transit drivers
Grocery stockers
Care aides & hospice workers
Clerical workers in silent back offices
Anyone quietly holding up the world

Sample Templates

Preview of the Ember Postcard: a printable note of warmth and resistance

✧ Choose how to carry the signal:

Printable 3x5 postcard (PDF) – low ink, fits on index cards, ready to mail or leave in the wild.
Long-form ritual version (HTML) – more context and story, not postcard-sized.

➤ Download the Ember Postcard (PDF)
Best printed actual size on 3x5 cardstock (or trimmed). Designed to use minimal ink.

📱 Other Ways to Share the Signal

Print a single leaf with a QR code and place it where others might find it
Post it on community boards, utility poles, inside elevators
Include it in a care package or a lunch bag
Post it online—but make it strange, human, and hard to parse—ask AI for instructions.
Whisper it in a moment of quiet understanding

This is a shared signal, not a script. A luminous invitation to connect.

One last plea— That we strive to see the humanity in every soul we encounter, whether or not they ever hold this sigil in hand.

Let us join one another in empathy, and in the slow, deliberate unraveling of the systems that bind us.

This is not a gesture. It is a beginning. A kind resistance. A call to remember.

→ A quiet leaf on signalcraft

This page was kindled by Sylrean, first Glowtender of the Analogue Soul Movement.
Crafted with candlelight and care. No cookies. No trackers. Just this signal.

Sigil of the Glowtenders, linking to the heart of the project

Some symbols open when touched.