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an indigenized creative business ecosystem designed for our thriving
mission + vision alignment
tools for
personal + collective thriving
art practice
+ business
intuition-led guidance
kuleana + gift aligned products + services
as ecosystems
designing
businesses + studios
indigenized
design
reciprocity
metrics
collective
restoration of self, 'āina, and people through the building + operating of an indigenized business/creative studio.
Whoops! This site is under construction.
Our updated mission, services
& vision coming soon.
Founding artist & creator Ninamarie Bell on her home island, Hawai'i
all photos by KAHIKI Photography
what is a creative business ecosystem?
While we are still defining this in detail, consider it this:
an indigenized format for
the way we biz + work + live
Our indigenized creative business/studio model is inspired by the traditional ahupua'a Hawaiian land management system. We are testing it as a way to live, create, work, serve, and thrive as creatives in Hawai'i deeply connected with our place, and our kuleana to protec it. A way that is grounded in authentic gifts, kuleana, and reciprocity with place, people, and spirit.
If you're here for our services, yay!
We want to show you the creative business ecosystem you're supporting with your business.
This indigenized way of operating is informed by Hawaiian indigenous tech + principles we believe will solve for how creative, digital-service based businesses + client relationships can be in reciprocity with the 'āina and people that give the work + business life.
Our creative business ecosystem is defined by six
realms from the mountain to the sea of our work:
WAO AKUA REALM
Top of the ecosystem, where a conceptual highland forest captures + converts rainfall (inspiration/ideas) into a useable water source for the watershed
FRESHWATER STREAM REALM
Key water sources (ideas, inspiration, mana or lifeforce) merge here to form service + income streams that will nurture the biz + studio ecosystem
'AUWAI REALM
A workflow system that diverts and directs water flow from streams into the lo'i kalo (biz + studio), then back out again, maintaining water quality + volume for the needs downstream
LO'I KALO REALM
Where KALOH's core operations, services, and products are planted + grow, yielding abundance that feeds a village. This is where artist, clients, community, and works produced meet
FISH PONDS REALM
Out of the lo'i kalo, rich nutrients has flowed down to be harnessed; producing a protein-rich food source. Enter the "collective" part of KALOH's name + vision: At this realm, a community of likeminded people gets nourished. Spaces for connection, gathering, uplifting + sharing ideas for collective thriving
OCEAN REALM
A vital part of our watershed, this is where the KALOH food garden will live (under construction now). As a biz / studio, we will give a % of profits + time back to the land that gives us life in Kona, HI. The garden's harvest will be shared with our immediate neighbors & community. Simultaneously, the stewarding of 'āina will serve to ground + cleanse the system + three realms of self: spirit, mind, body. The renewal of this act, and outflow of pono energy into the open sea of our system will then be absorbed & felt again as fresh rain (inspiration/ideas) at the top of the mountain
this is creative, indigenized
business design at work
This site is under construction.
More about our mission, services
& vision coming soon.
LEAD-ARTIST + FOUNDER
A MESSAGE FROM LEAD-ARTIST
+ KALOH FOUNDER
NINAMARIE BELL
I had no idea that leaping from my corporate job without a clear plan & building an online marketing business during the early pandemic would lead me to uncover my true life's work as a coach & artist guiding people back to their soul-selves, authentic life's work, expression, and lives through a whole new business! I launched Grounded Humans as an evolving artist's vision in motion, a vision and home base that allows me to thrive as a singer-songwriter working on recordings from my home studio, the studio I have lovingly coined the Green Dream Womb (it's painted floor to ceiling in dark, emerald green). One part coaching business, one part digital art studio, and one part soul-people collective, Grounded Humans is on its way to offering more programs and audio support soon (sound healing kits, anyone?).
In the meantime, I am honored to be guiding fellow recovering people-pleasers stuck in unfulfilling jobs & lives that don't feel right back home to soul guidance & paths of highest potential. Back home to their bodies & emotions that have so much wisdom to share, & back home to the vision & dreams that are uniquely their own for a reason, that they've feared naming but cannot let go of inside. I'm overjoyed to get to create my soul's art - music that gently stir hearts & remind us of something forgotten. Part of my career dream was reclaiming the freedom & flexibility to make my music offerings alongside coaching fellow soul-oriented humans back to alignment & purpose. In this unfolding vision & practice, I am honored by you joining me on this journey & hope - through my art & work - to become a meaningful part of yours.
MORE ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF NINAMARIE'S WORK SOON
