Lawrence’s work examines the role of competing mythologies in the formulation of ideas of place. Lawrence calls the friction between societal-level myths and personally held ideologies ‘myth tectonics’. It is in the space of these ‘myth tectonics’ that Lawrence creates graphic design to respond and contribute to understandings of place, myth, community, and politics. Lawrence has been working specifically with the Bison Paddock of Golden Gate Park, Sutro Tower, and the Mission Neighborhood near 24th and Folsom Streets for his thesis.