Lovers parting during a rainy night — symbolizing a musical mode (Lalita Ragini), circa 1700. India; Rajasthan state. Opaque watercolors on paper. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Gift of Dr. Narinder S. and Satinder Kapany, 2004.76. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Lovers Departing in the Rain — an audio portrait © 2015 by Thom Blum
For the full experience, go to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s Picturing Sound, Creating Mood exhibit, through November 22, 2015.