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Art Association Chair: ‘The drums were beating my heart’

BY Wenhsin Lih TIMEFebruary 24, 2009
Gao Yueyuan (C), chairperson of Nanyang Art Association, and her artist friends. (Shunlih Cheng/The Epoch Times)
Gao Yueyuan (C), chairperson of Nanyang Art Association, and her artist friends. (Shunlih Cheng/The Epoch Times)

TAINAN, Taiwan—Gao Yueyuan, chairperson of the Nanyang Art Association in Tainan City, was awed by the Diving Performing Arts (DPA) 2009 World Tour performance at the Tainan Municipal Cultural Center on Feb. 23.

She saw many reports of DPA audience members responses and decided to confirm it herself. Upon watching the show, she was stunned and touched. She wrote a poem in Chinese immediately to express her gratitude toward divine beings for her being able to experience this artistic show.

Ms. Gao has been drawing oil paintings, writing calligraphy, drawing Chinese paintings, and engraving for more than a decade. Recently, she began to write Taiwanese poems. She said that DPA combines arts, culture, lighting, and colors.

“Tonight I came to verify the show. It truly was a worth watching the performance. I just pasted an advertisement for DPA on my blog—I want to spread the message. This is truly stunning and needs to be experienced.”

Ms. Gao said that DPA inspired her to “treasure your life, have love in your heart, and believe in divine beings.”

She said that the most astonishing moment was seeing Falun Gong practitioners treasuring their lives. If one does not have belief, one will not possess love.

“We’ve all known about Falun Gong. Letting people know about Falun Gong is part of the effort of promoting love for life. This is rather astounding.”

She said that the colors of DPA were captivating. The colors looked harmononious and comfortable to the eyes. Together they seemed like a painting, which inspired her.

“I want to put these colorful lives along with gods’ love into my painting.”

On the musical side, she particularly enjoyed the drums and alto Yang Jiansheng.

“The drums were beating my heart. [Yang Jiansheng’s voice] surprised me. At first I thought it was a man singing. It’s unique and so rare. This is the most special sound I have ever heard.”

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Divine Performing Arts. For more information, please visit DivinePerformingArts.org

 

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