The Big Elsewhere

In 1995, Robert Brady moved from urban Kyoto to a mountainside overlooking Japan’s largest lake, seeking closer connection with the heart of the natural world. The Big Elsewhere documents insights, lessons learned, wisdom—both ancient and newly-won—with a zest for observing and reflecting on the finer details of country life, and their place in the bigger picture of evolution, local tradition and the impact of modern times. Woven into this collection of meditations, humor, rambles and even haiku, is the celebration of an elder perspective — enriched by sharing his beloved granddaughters’ fresh perceptions as they too encounter The Big Elsewhere. With illustrations by sumi-e master Komori Fumio. Published by Heian-kyo Media, the publication wing of the long-established, non-profit quarterly Kyoto Journal (www.kyotojournal.org).