Rorschach by Alan Vargas
Rorschach by Alan Vargas
This piece was published in the first edition of Broken VHS: Violent Xylophone Machinery in December 2019.
Alan Vargas (Mexico, 1992) is a poet and editor and Luz & Sonido publications. He has published Rorschach (2019), Código Fiscal (2016), Pesia Mexicana (2015 and Migrar a Unomismo (2014). He was awarded the Alejandro Aura National Poetry Prize in 2015.
“Rorschach” is an inter-textual soliloquy, a fictional psychological analysis that attempts to show the totalitarian impulses which underlie conventional notions of heroism and morality. Below, you will find an excerpt.