Huffington Magazine Issue 60 | Page 31

Voices MALLIKA RAO HUFFINGTON 08.04.13 MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES Watching the Rain Fall at MoMA M Y FAMILY once visited the foothills of the Himalayas during monsoon season, for mysterious reasons. We stayed in a guest house with an open stairwell where the rain dropped to the ground as if it were a solid thing. Some afternoons I sat in the chair by my room’s window pretending to read. I couldn’t stop watching the rain instead — sweeping in like a dust storm, and soon enough, plunging just beyond the glass in sheets. ¶ It was beautiful, but inconvenient. To tour anything in town, we typically jumped Visitors gather in the “Rain Room” at MoMA in New York on May 15. The installation creates a field of falling water that stops in the area people walk through, allowing them to stay dry.