“Everywhere I turned my eyes, I could see something very interesting, and it kept my attention. I don’t know how to explain the feeling, how beautiful it was!”

“Oh, I love [the traditional Chinese culture], yes! It [tells] me that nature, God, and religion have never been separated. It’s all one. It’s not us verses nature. It’s all of us together as one.”

“The ‘erhu’! I wish I had the words to describe it—just two strings and you can make so many sounds! Yes, it touched deep in my heart, my mind, my body—all three.”

“[Watching Shen Yun, I felt] at peace … being all one, being together, being at peace like a meditation. It was like a meditation.”