quickdrawcollective: This is a map of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, the strange land where I now find myself. The map mainly hits the big highlights of the two cities, but I made sure to include some overlooked favorites. All due respect to JFK and Big Tex, may they ever rest in peace. —Kenton Visser This piece is posted on They Draw And Travel now. Check it out here.
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quickdrawcollective:

This is a map of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, the strange land where I now find myself. The map mainly hits the big highlights of the two cities, but I made sure to include some overlooked favorites. All due respect to JFK and Big Tex, may they ever rest in peace.

—Kenton Visser

This piece is posted on They Draw And Travel now. Check it out here.

Super List Saturday, February 23, 2013: 6 Unexplained Phenomena in Texas. An article about the rumored Cat Killer (or “woodsman”) here in Fort Worth prompted me to do some research on other legends and phenomena around the state. I have to say San Antonio is embarrassing itself with the donkey lady ghost story. A woman who looks like a donkey? Is that the best you can do, San Antonio?
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Super List Saturday, February 23, 2013: 6 Unexplained Phenomena in Texas.

An article about the rumored Cat Killer (or “woodsman”) here in Fort Worth prompted me to do some research on other legends and phenomena around the state. I have to say San Antonio is embarrassing itself with the donkey lady ghost story. A woman who looks like a donkey? Is that the best you can do, San Antonio?

Super List Saturday, January 12, 2012: 6 Things I Saw in Waxahachie, TX Yesterday I took a little drive to Waxahatchie to see Ester Pearl Watson’s show in the  Webb Gallery. ‘Hachie is a sleepy little town, but it was nice to escape the suburbs, and the show was great. I also spotted enough intriguing items to make this list. Waxahachie is now second only to Deaf Smith County in my list of most fun place names in Texas.
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Super List Saturday, January 12, 2012: 6 Things I Saw in Waxahachie, TX

Yesterday I took a little drive to Waxahatchie to see Ester Pearl Watson’s show in the  Webb Gallery. ‘Hachie is a sleepy little town, but it was nice to escape the suburbs, and the show was great. I also spotted enough intriguing items to make this list.

Waxahachie is now second only to Deaf Smith County in my list of most fun place names in Texas.

Super List Saturday, September 1, 2012: 9 Toilets in North Texas Public Restrooms. This week’s SLS was drawn directly from observation; I like it when projects send me on a scavenger hunt. I made all these drawings in restroom stalls in various establishments, and fought my urges to tidy them up after the fact. 
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Super List Saturday, September 1, 2012: 9 Toilets in North Texas Public Restrooms.

This week’s SLS was drawn directly from observation; I like it when projects send me on a scavenger hunt. I made all these drawings in restroom stalls in various establishments, and fought my urges to tidy them up after the fact. 

Welcome to Texas, 2012. Digital. Today is Furious Friday! I don’t know if I’ll make that a regular shtick or not. Anyway, this is a lot less cynical than earlier versions, but it captures my frustration with living where I do and with how quickly Texan state pride gets old (how quickly? Like, right away). In case any Texan followers out there are put off by my brazen snark, I’m following up tomorrow with a Super List Saturday about things in Texas that I like. The yin and the yang, my friends. And remember, Texas is nearly half as big as Alaska!
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Welcome to Texas, 2012. Digital.

Today is Furious Friday! I don’t know if I’ll make that a regular shtick or not. Anyway, this is a lot less cynical than earlier versions, but it captures my frustration with living where I do and with how quickly Texan state pride gets old (how quickly? Like, right away).

In case any Texan followers out there are put off by my brazen snark, I’m following up tomorrow with a Super List Saturday about things in Texas that I like. The yin and the yang, my friends. And remember, Texas is nearly half as big as Alaska!

I was in Austin, TX today and I visited the Cathedral of Junk: a three-story high building made out of discarded items. It’s in some dude’s backyard and if you want to visit, just call him to see if he’s home. The guy has knuckle tats that spell out “JUNK KING,” and when I asked him what the Cathedral was built around he said “I have no tricks up my sleeve.” It’s sound enough to walk up, but doesn’t have a framework or underlying structure: it’s just junk. The Cathedral is one of the most magical things I’ve ever seen; I highly recommend it if you’re ever in Austin.

Source: kentonvisser.com