What Are We Building?

To be honest, we don’t fully know. Communities are not built—they are revealed. They emerge through the people who show up, through the songs we sing, and through the spirit that moves between us. As artists, creatives, and seekers, we know that ideas and inspirations have a way of claiming us, shaping us, and showing us the way. We intend to leave space for that—for the unknown, the unpredictable, and the sacred to move freely.

One definition of being indigenous is to be of a place. While we have family from across the country, The Vital Hive is a tribe rooted in West Michigan—held by its rivers, its forests, and the turning of its seasons. Many of us have felt spiritually or culturally orphaned, but we are finding our way home—not by seeking something new, but by returning to what was always there. The rhythms of Mother Earth are where we all began. The roots and the rocks, the plants and the dirt have much to teach us.

We hold a simple faith: that the ancient knowledge of our ancestors is not lost—it is in our bones. It breathes through us. We need only keep singing, dancing, and praying—and trust that what is meant to come alive will do so in its own time.

We are learning what it means to belong deeply—to let the land shape us, to walk in reciprocity with the more-than-human world, and to remember that we are not visitors here. 

We are kin.