I wonder if the video inspired the article. I'm actually curious about it.
Last night I was checking out a few news sources online when I noticed a picture. A very familiar picture. In fact, it was a picture I took, a picture now adorning the head of a Bridge Michigan article about weird laws in Michigan.
Specifically, it looked like this--
That's a screenshot from from the article, and the picture of the sidewalk was one I took over a decade ago and used a couple of years ago in a “Pieces of the Past” video about Marquette's legacy of “Don't Spit on the Sidewalk” stampings. As I scrolled down the article, I noticed another picture from the video, and wasn't quite sure if it was cool they used it or not. But once I found out that they paid the History Center for the use of the shots, it was cool.
It was quite cool.
As it turns out, it was quite the interesting article about old, outdated, and absurd laws in the state of Michigan; they even interviewed Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs about the sidewalk spitting law. But because my pictures were featured so prominently in it, I wondered...
Did they find the pictures after coming up with the article, or did the video prompt the article? I mean, it doesn't matter one way or the other. I'm just curious because, as we all know, my life is weird, and having a video of mine prompt a statewide news article would be, well, another example of the weirdness.
Either way, I'm just glad the video was useful, both for Bridge Michigan and for the History Center. After all, that's why I make them, especially one that's about one of the signature pieces of Marquette's history.
Have yourself a great weekend. If you wanna spend part of it reading the article, just CLICK OR TAP HERE. And if you wanna check out the video for yourself, here 'tis!
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