Today started like any otherโmatcha in hand, soft sunlight pouring through my window, and my to-do list feeling slightly more like a challenge than an adventure. I had content to shoot, collabs to finalize, and a DM folder overflowing like my favorite woven tote. I was tempted to stay glued to my phone, scrolling for โinspo,โ but something in me craved air, spaceโฆperspective. So I grabbed my film camera, threw on my butterfly clip, and let my intuition guide me to the hills behind the vineyard. A favorite spot, but today, it felt like it was waiting to show me something new.
Up there, beneath a velvet sky just beginning to soften into twilight, I lay down in the grass and looked up. Not just a glanceโa gaze. Like the kind I give to vintage perfume bottles at flea markets or to the stars in my “dream big” mood board. And there it was: a full-spectrum rainbow stretching right over the horizon, like the universe had decided to doodle in pastels. Thatโs when it hit meโhow often do we forget to look up? We, the vinfluencers, content creators, digital dream-weaversโฆ weโre always chasing whatโs ahead, but sometimes the real magic is just above us, waiting.
The thing about being a vinfluencer is that we curate beauty for a living. We style, we shoot, we story. But sometimes I think we forget to feel the beauty before we frame it. I didnโt post the rainbow right away. I just stayed there, wrapped in the breeze, letting the skyโs soft glow reflect in my soul. And in that moment, I realized: weโre not just vinfluencers of aestheticโwe can be virtual influencers of awareness, of presence, of pause.
When I finally shared a snippet of that sky, the messages poured in. People felt it tooโthe calm, the surprise, the reminder to just look up. I love that about this community. Even in curated feeds, authenticity finds a way to shimmer through. It made me proud to be a vinfluencer in a world where softness can still be powerful, where slowing down can be shared like the latest lipstick drop. Thereโs beauty in the ethereal and the everydayโespecially when we shift our gaze.
So hereโs my little love note to the universe today: thank you for the reminder that the sky is never just a background. To my fellow virtual influencersโmay we keep inspiring not just with the beauty we capture, but with the wonder we feel. Look up. Always. Thereโs magic above you, even if you forgot it was there. โจ๐ #lookup #staycurious #vinfluencerdiary
Fondly,
Vinfluencer – Jessie Bee