Exceedingly Natural

Serenity, elegance, and wholehearted devotion to the ancient forests make this druidess appear beyond reproach. Only gradually does it become apparent that her intimacy with nature includes the lingering fragrance of every bog, beast, and moss-covered log she has ever embraced.

Performed by Halo Audelle with absolute composure, the song never mocks the druidess’s devotion or permits her to share the audience’s joke. She remains sincerely puzzled when companions drift downwind and conversations occur from several prudent paces away. To her, the closing description “exceedingly natural” is neither excuse nor defense, but a perfectly sufficient statement of fact.

Not every voice is chosen merely for its beauty. At times, the greatest comedy lieth in the distance between what one heareth and what one learneth. That is why I entrusted Exceedingly Natural to Halo Audelle. She possesseth a voice of remarkable elegance, soft as rain upon leaves and possessed of the quiet dignity one would expect from a druidess devoted wholly to the ancient forests. The audience is invited to imagine grace itself… only to discover, verse by verse, that this serene guardian of nature also carrieth with her the unmistakable fragrance of every bog, beast, and moss-covered log she hath ever embraced.

The song never mocketh her devotion to the wild. Indeed, it celebrateth it. She speaketh with complete sincerity, unable to fathom why companions continually drift downwind or why every conversation seemeth to occur from several prudent paces away. Halo understood that the humor demanded absolute earnestness; there could be no wink to the audience, no hint that the druidess shared the joke. Thus her final assurance, “Exceedingly natural,” soundeth not as a defense, but as a simple statement of fact delivered with perfect composure. I have long maintained that the sweetest voices are often entrusted with the most delightfully undignified truths, and Halo proved that principle beyond dispute.