Robert C. Koehler: From heaven to Bali: Taro's journey
by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 06, 2023
4 minutes
“At school he was told he would never write . . .”
Here was a kid – here was a man – who refused to listen to the authorities, and refused to be anything but fully human. And yeah, he could write. His spelling may have been iffy, but he could write. His name was Taro Joy. He drowned three years ago, in Bali, where he was living, at age 48 – but thanks to his mother, Penny (quoted above) and the rest of his family, his words and thoughts and deep reaches into the collective soul live on. They have just put out a
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