ALEX LAWTON - DREAM CHASER

WHAT IS ART?

Art is intentional action. Anything from brushing my teeth to painting a mural is art. Another element to art is authenticity. I’m very much into spirituality and one thing I learned from Vedic philosophy is that It’s much worse to succeed at being someone else than it is to fail at being yourself. 

WHERE DOES THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR ART COME FROM?

The first thing to understand about me is my definition of God. God is literally any and every thing. Any and everything we know or don’t know, things we have or have not seen. The past, present, and future. Every experience is a part of God. God is not some mystical man with a white beard that will greet us in the afterlife. God is both of every and any thing and in any and every thing. The word God for a lot of people falls under the religious category but I’m very anti-religion. A relationship with God can never be generalized or taught, it comes from within. That being said, God is the inspiration and reasoning for my art. I give myself no credit for any of the things I’ve accomplished. There is a larger power moving through me, and all of us, that plays a significant role in the outcome of our lives. 

WHAT’S THE MEANING BEHIND YOUR LOGO?

It goes back to god. Because of God it just so happened that I didn’t kill myself. I was in a dark place with a “fuck it” mindset. I think a lot of people have that mindset. They think everything is shit so fuck it, why try? I was definitely there. I actually started drawing what has become my “logo” or a staple in my pieces when I was very young but it gained meaning as I started to deal with self harm. The first part of my logo, which you can see if you look at the whole thing, is the sun. It’s just the circle in the middle and then eight lines. I got that tattooed on my wrist to remind myself to just make it to the morning without cutting myself. After I got better and didn’t self harm for a good amount of time the tattoo began to remind me of a dark place I used to be in. That’s when I added the flower portion. 

WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS?

Chasing your dreams is related to changing the world. You can’t change your world unless you change yourself. The idea of helping someone else before helping yourself is one of a privileged mindset. Everyone has a purpose inside of them, no one doubts that. But for some reason the systems around us crush either our hopes or our chances of fulfilling our purpose. My goals or dreams are to improve myself constantly. It’s an endless pursuit. I want to make my life better every day.