THE UNMAPPED PLAIN

Poem
The horizon forgets its line,
folds itself into mist and motion.
Grass hums without colour,
a thousand silences leaning in one direction.

No path, only the memory of paths—
footsteps erased by their own return.
Rivers rehearse the shape of longing,
never the same current twice.

Mountains drift,
slow as thought,
wearing clouds like unfinished sentences.

Light moves through the air
like someone looking for their name.
And in the centre—nothing certain,
only the pulse that keeps the distance real.

Song lyrics are based on the original poem by Steve Lewis.

Interpretation 
“The Unmapped Plain” is a meditation on transience and perception, using landscape imagery as a metaphor for consciousness itself. The poem dissolves the boundaries between solid and fluid—mountains drift, rivers remember, horizons fold—suggesting that the natural world mirrors the instability of thought and memory. The absence of clear paths or colour evokes a state of introspection where certainty gives way to flux, and identity becomes as mutable as weather. Light searching “for its name” becomes a symbol of awareness seeking meaning within an ever-shifting reality. Ultimately, the poem portrays both landscape and mind as open systems—unmapped, self-erasing, and beautifully uncertain.

Image
A dreamlike landscape depicting a horizon fading into mist, with lush grass that seems to hum and a sense of silence. Imagery includes no clear paths, but traces of past footsteps. Rivers winding through the scene, symbolizing longing and change. Mountaintops appearing to drift slowly, shrouded in clouds. Light moving gently through the atmosphere, conveying a search for identity, while at the centre, an abstract representation of uncertainty and the pulse of reality.


THE UNMAPPED PLAIN

This is the music project of Steve Lewis, a classically trained cellist and multi-instrumental singer-songwriter based in Berlin, Germany. 

The name eklektika.berlin is striking and layered—it carries both an immediate sonic appeal and a set of resonances that fits the project’s artistic and philosophical ambitions:

1. Wordplay and Etymology
-Eklektika derives from the Greek eklektikos (“selective,” “choosing the best”), which in modern usage signals eclecticism—an openness to many styles and influences.
-The -ika ending also hints at “musica,” giving it a subtle musical cadence.
-Written in a slightly unexpected “k” spelling, it feels at once ancient and contemporary, European yet cosmopolitan.

2. Berlin Anchor
-Pairing it with .berlin instantly grounds the project in a city long known as a crossroads of cultures and avant-garde experimentation—from Weimar cabaret and Bauhaus to today’s electronic scene.
-The domain-style format suggests digital nativity and a living online presence; it reads simultaneously as a brand, a collective, and a web address.

3. Artistic Implications
-“Eklektika” signals that the work blends genres, eras and media—classical forms, rock energy, AI-generated textures—without being confined to one school.
-The Berlin reference underscores a tradition of boundary-pushing art and hints at an international, forward-looking ethos.

4. Memorable & Marketable
-Short, easy to pronounce in many languages, and visually distinctive with its twin “k”s, it is search-friendly and brand-ready.
-It invites curiosity—people instinctively want to know what “eklektika” means and why it’s tied to Berlin.

eklektika.berlin communicates exactly what the project embodies: a bold, eclectic fusion rooted in Berlin’s creative energy while open to global and futuristic influences—an identity that feels both timeless and unmistakably of the AI-age.

THE UNMAPPED PLAIN

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