If you are into the wonderful world of Anime (pronounced AH-nee-may, meaning a style of Japanese comic book and video cartoon animation in which the main characters have large doe-like eyes) then this is the place for you to be. If you are not into these characters, then don’t worry because you are still more than welcome to drop by.
At the main entrance of ‘Afterhorizon’ [today is always tomorrow], you are welcomed by a reclining figure bent over a pendant that illuminates the night in a mysterious way. Hmmm, this is interesting. You have the choice of either going directly to the blog via a link or clicking on one of two other digits (1 and 2). I feel daring and go for the less obvious route.
Number one leads to a Dutch poem entitled ‘Nacht’ which means night. “Laat me dromen, Laat me gaan, Voor altijd hier, blijven staan.” Let me dream, let me go, for always here, standing still.
Alright, now let’s try number two. This link leads to another short poem, but this time in good old English, so no need to translate. The title is ‘Small’ and it goes like this: “soft music, unable to hear, I will hold my breath, try to taste and feed my pain, lie awake and stay insane.”
Already a lot of impressions and I haven’t even seen the blog yet. I like this, I like it alot. It has put me in the appropriate mood, perked my curiosity. Not quite knowing what to expect, I click the link to let myself go into the after horizon, for always here, standing still.
Corona is 19 years old and speaks a combination of Dutch, English and other self-made words (as she describes them). She has two cats, a mouse, and don’t forget her mother now. And of course she is really into Animes.
Many Web sites are devoted to Animes, often to an obscene extreme. However, this site has a nice design, and the use of anime figures is tastefully used to provide a balanced site, unlike the usual anime website which plaster these figurines all over the place. She has regular updates, not long entries, but consistent, to the point and sharp, often expressing herself with poetry or references to Animes or fairy tales. There are even occasional pictures one can click on to enlarge (a bit boring for me though). You don’t have to be into Animes to enjoy this site, though if you are you will definitely find this world Corona is starting to create and elaborate a very interesting one.
One area of attention would be the small print which makes difficult reading (seems everyone is hooked to this small font-size) and the regular spelling errors can be distracting for those more demanding readers like myself.
There are not a whole lot of comments to her entries, but just enough to keep things going and making it interactive enough with short and choppy exchange of ideas.
Looking through the archives, I came across the following entry: “There’s something nagging me about this log, It’s not that personal and at the same time maybe it is. Because I dont think i’m that different in real life. What you read is what you get. I’ll change conversation subjects while your not looking. I’ll ignore when I don’t want to hear something and I always have to do the dishes. In a step to make this log more personal I added poetry to the main page.” Pretty neat idea, I thought as I went back and reread the poems with this in mind. Makes sense.
If you like Animes then come to this world after the horizon, and even if you are not familiar with these creatures drop by anyway for inspiration. Let me dream, let me go.afterhorizon.com