Do not let your inspiration unhappy: a trip for teachers and students to find a taste of
culture, led by Yi-Gang Feng from Comedians’ Workshop and his talk at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology

General Education Center, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, held the first 2014 "Master Class of General Education" a few days ago at the University Concert Hall, Building N. Yi-Gang Feng, Chief Director of Art of Comedians’ Workshop was invited to have a great speech for a total more than 500 students and teachers. With the humorous topic—“Do not let your inspiration unhappy: a trip to a taste of culture”—Feng talked about his individual performances and creative experience, gave teachers and students access to his comic world of culture, and brought students and teachers more knowledge about taste and creativity.

【Deputy Director Lu of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Director Yi-Gang Feng, Ching-An Wong, Director of General Education Center, and teachers and students from the on-site attendance】

As Deputy President Lu said in his speech, the series of "Master Class General Education" is meant for the participating teachers and students to have a full range of knowledge concerning the issues of general education and more varieties of mental cognition and learning opportunities. In addition to inspiring teachers and students in creative thinking, the speech itself was a feast for the soul, exciting and fantastic.

【Director Yi-Gang Feng gave autographs to students.】

Director Yi-Gang Feng began his speech by introducing himself as a man "acting, writing, teaching, playing with toys," not only to give the students a basic understanding of him but also to give expression to the importance of diverse interests and developments to workers in performance. Director Feng talked about his own experience in comic art and explained to the students how to cultivate a taste of creativity and culture. He believes that a multivariate understanding of comedies, a deeper understanding of the essence of humor, and a search for comic ideas and inspirations from life can constantly contribute to his performance in comic art.

Director Feng is one of the leading performers in Taiwan, who founded Comedians’ Workshop in 1988. Since its inception, Comedians’ Workshop has always had one hundred performances every year, with explosive box offices and popular CDs. He has indeed become a famous name in households. Many of his classic performances have been videotaped and brought into high schools as supporting teaching material to their humanities curriculum. He believes that the most important thing for an artist is to focus on training that will ultimately lead to a creative taste. It is only through constant reading and traveling, as he emphasized, that one can make his eyes open and his life full of creative energy. Finally, he stressed that “the importance of creative spirit is life itself in every detail" and encouraged students to feel by heart every minute of their lives and everything that will help to enhance the creative taste in the soul.