Written While Running - Barcelona, 2022
By Josh Miller
For it is above the city
Where land meets sky
Where light wakes the world
That I run
Buenos días the roosters crow
As pink to peach tinged water ripples in the distance
Dogs appear over the ridge
A space shared in the early hours by humans and creatures
Speaking different tongues
Each moment a new painting appears in the sky
You’ve awoken a voice I’ve missed
That of my running mind
Dormant, waiting for the inspiration to return
How I’ve missed you my friend.
Photos by Josh Miller taken on 2 different runs in Barcelona up the roads and trails to the hilltop above the Gaudi House Museum.
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About: Josh Miller is a queer changemaker, public speaker, photographer, and outdoor explorer. He is the owner of Josh Miller Ventures and the co-founder + CEO of IDEAS xLab—an organization that uses the art of storytelling and community collaboration to impact public health. Miller’s work has been featured by The New York Times, the Aspen Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is a Soros Equality Fellow, received the 2022 Nonprofit Visionary Leader Award from Louisville Business First, and was selected for Business Equality Magazine’s Forty LGBTQ+ Leaders under 40 and Louisville Business First's Forty under 40. Miller is a two-time TEDx speaker and has been described as a "force in our community.” He holds an MBA from Indiana University and an undergraduate degree from Bellarmine University. Previously, he served as an advisor to the Derby Diversity & Business Summit and co-chair for the Louisville Health advisory board’s communications committee.
