The Logic of Aesthetics
Lately I’ve fallen into a quiet obsession with neuroaesthetics ; a field that finally puts scientific language to something I’ve always felt intuitively: that beauty doesn’t just look good, it does something to us. In simple terms, neuroaesthetics studies how the brain responds to art, design, and beauty . Not philosophically. Not metaphorically. Literally: blood flow, neural pathways, emotional regulation, decision making, reward circuits. It’s the bridge between what we see
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The Lazy Chai Gift Guide: 2025
If you’re the type who plans your gifts early (or at least wants to), welcome you’re among friends. This year’s Lazy Chai Gift Guide is thoughtful, warm, and beautifully edited. A collection of meaningful pieces, soft textures, understated sparkle and everything that makes gifting feel intentional rather than overwhelming.
Nov 191 min read
Djerf Avenue: The Winter Edit
I just had to make a Chic Note about the Djerf Avenue Gift Edit 2025 because… the vibe??I’m obsessed. It’s so cute and cozy I could cry. The patterns, the pajamas, the little bows on every box it all feels like the softest winter movie ever made. There’s something so comforting about their world: the grainy light, the sweaters, the pajama sets tucked into boots (I mean… iconic), everything looking warm without being cheesy. It just makes me want to slow down, drink something
Nov 161 min read
Chai Circle: Alexa Manzano
Chai Circle is a new editorial space within The Lazy Chai: a quiet, curated corner for conversations with women whose style feels instinctive, lived in, and impossible to copy. Here , we explore the rituals, references, moods, and aesthetics that shape how they move through the world.It ’s not about trends. It’s about essence. A deeper look into the girls who inspire quietly; the ones with taste, curiosity, and their own visual language. Welcome to the circle. For our first C
Nov 124 min read
On Wanting Less, But Better
There’s a point where the constant pursuit of more begins to feel exhausting. Not just in the material sense: more clothes, more plans, more goals but in the emotional one. The idea that having everything somehow equals being fulfilled starts to lose its appeal. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how wanting less doesn’t mean losing ambition, but refining it. It’s about being more intentional with where my energy goes, who I let in, and what I choose to care about. There’s a s
Nov 102 min read
Beige Internet
There’s a certain calm in knowing that what’s yours can’t be replicated. They can imitate the shape, but they’ll never capture the breath of it. My work, my taste, they come from instinct. From years of letting my eyes wander until they understood what beauty feels like. As Diana Vreeland said, “the eye has to travel.” Mine learned by moving through cities, through people, through stories I underlined and rooms that smelled of possibility. That’s how you build taste: through
Oct 261 min read
The Soft Launch of Adulthood
No one really tells you when it begins. Adulthood, I mean. There’s no ceremony, no formal declaration, just a quiet shift in rhythm. One morning you wake up and realize your calendar suddenly looks fuller, your coffee colder, and your inbox is strangely alive. This week I started my first job at a marketing and branding agency. It’s part time, but feels monumental. Between university lectures and client calls, I’m learning to balance worlds: the academic and the real one, the
Oct 192 min read
