MoGan Shan Mountain

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Oct 7

Written By John Rash

Heavy rain, chilly wind, and ever thickening fog decend upon the MoGan Shan mountain.

Many may not choose to travel outdoors in conditions such as these. Yet those whom have the privilege to stroll about the misty forest may truly know the whisper of this enchanting landscape.

Afterall, allowing yourself to enter forbidden surroundings provides an opportunity to to see the world afresh.

Hiking in the rain, breathing in the fresh air, you can almost hear the water cascading across the rocks.

To witness nature first-hand is always an experience worth the distance traveled, despite the cold and wet morning, as you arrive in a world right out of a storybook.

And when the trip is over you know that it is not the end, but rather only part of the journey that continues each day you leave home in search of new sights, sounds, and life experiences.

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John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com