In 1985, after studying modern art in New York, Yuan returned to Taiwan to develop his career and help take care of his ailing mother. He found his mother sick in hospital, and steadily losing her memory.
八五年，在紐約攻讀現代畫的袁金塔完成學業，因母親長期生病而決定回台發展，見到的卻是在醫院中逐漸失去記憶的母親。