JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Audience members often leave a Shen Yun performance feeling emotions such as hope, happiness, or even a lighter body. It was no different for painter Katie Boyer who said that she would be leaving Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts with a wide smile on her face. “I have to drive home for an hour and I was worried about being sleepy—I’m not going to be sleepy. I will be wide awake and smiling!” She said. While experiencing the performance, she was also filled with joy. “So much joy! I smiled through the whole thing! I couldn’t stop laughing, joyfully!” she said. New York-based Shen Yun is dedicated to presenting China before communism. This goes hand-in-hand with China’s 5,000 years of civilization being divinely inspired. Ms. Boyer felt this divine inspiration resonate deeply with her. “It followed the same kind of things I believe, that everyone here is divine, …