Sunday, May 17, 2009



This is where a commune once was: Otisco, Indiana, on the border of Kentucky. One surviving member lives in Texas. The entire town has a population of 200, today. The commune was entirely African-American, with the exception of a white woman and her white husband, who was missing a leg and died of a self-imposed starvation kick. Today, the town--all 200 members--are white. I visited the site in 2005. I felt very sad here. No one has ever documented any part of this commune and their religion.