The daughter of a Han Chinese father and an Atayal mother, Yuma Taru was raised far from her mother’s village and educated in the Han Chinese system. After completing her studies, she began to learn about Atayal weaving traditions. Historically, the work of growing and harvesting the ramie plants; transforming the fibres into soft threads to be dyed and woven; and weaving was a vital part of Atayal culture intimately connected to the coming of age of young women. For more than two decades, Taru has sought to document and reinvigorate a practice that has long connected her people to the land. The Tongue of the Cloth (生命的迴旋系列─如布之舌) 2021 comprises handwoven cloths made from ramie yarn and metal wire, which are suspended from the ceiling to create soft undulating forms, which gives visual representation to Taru’s mother’s language. According to Atayal Elders, thoughts should be conveyed without injury or damage to the listener and words should be soft like cloth.