TAINAN, Taiwan—Chang Shude, an artist and a professor at the Kaohsiung Medical University, came to Tainan from Kaohsiung with some artist friends to watch Divine Performing Arts (DPA) 2009 World Tour on Feb. 22.
“DPA’s lighting and backdrops were unprecedented. They brought an effect that was unachievable before. The audience members were able to understand the content better as the backdrops created a 3-D effect for the content of the dances,” said Ms. Chang, the first international student at Tokyo University of the Arts’ Japanese painting research center.
Ms. Chang is a master in calligraphy, Chinese painting, and oil painting. She said that usually she paints with simple colors, yet DPA showed her that colors can be bright, joyful, and gorgeous. She will make her future works more beautiful and romantic. Brightness should still be displayed even when facing tribulations and difficult circumstances, she said.
Ms. Chang said that DPA’s performers were very dedicated. The techniques, colors, and designs were all just “perfect.” She said that As DPA tours more cities, it will gradually improve Taiwan citizens’ taste in arts.
Ms. Chang had a particular impression of the program Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution as it reminded her of an award-winning painting, “Suffering in China,” which she saw at the “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibit” at Kaohsiung Medical University.
She said that the program manifested divinity—a sensation she had when she first saw “Suffering in China.”
“Actually, back then that painting was very astounding, because what I saw in it were forbearance and love. In the DPA program, the father who was persecuted to death later ascended to become a Buddha. That proved the saying, ‘suffering is virtue.’
“One gains virtue when one suffers or is insulted. It can also be a good lesson for oneself. I hope more schools and groups can acknowledge such an exhibition and performance.”
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