Dean Powery on Hearing Hope in a Harmonica

Chapel Dean Luke Powery explains in the (Duke) Chronicle how he found hope through a harmonica his mother gave him. The instrument represents both connections to family elders and the power of music-making in the face of adversity.

"That harmonica and I are almost the same age and when I hold it, I’m holding more than just a musical instrument," Dean Powery says, "I’m holding family history, cultural ties, ancestral wisdom, musical traditions, and a deep sense of the importance of music in the face of death and dying and other dire situations."

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