DANA ANHALT PALEOS
03.12.1979 - 12.05.2022
Beloved wife, daughter, friend, advocate, warrior, earth angel.
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Chloe price I just found Dana's blog but she has really good taste and seemed like an amazing person <3Chloe price
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Oscar Reyes Querida Dana, fue un placer conocerte en Instagram y ver tu colaboración con artistas de todo el mundo, tu luz siempre brillará en nuestra memoria, en cada dibujo y pintura siempre estarás presente.Oscar Reyes
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Benzo francis I still remember that day I texted dana about how beautiful her eyes look and she lol at me 🤣 and said that it always was always the same ! no matter how much it was hurting inside, Dana's spirit and kindness was the only thing that got me this far even after years , there wasn't a person that I met in my life who could be so happy and kind to everyone regardless of not even knowing the person,the energy and love dana has been passed on through dana itself,will live for infinity and more.Benzo francis
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Sara-Aurora Kalliomäki Her messages always used to cheer me up. Even though we were related I never got the chance to meet her irl. My mom did and I have heard many good things about her. May she rest in peaceSara-Aurora Kalliomäki
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Drew erickson ❤️❤️❤️Drew erickson
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Bruce Stitt P.S...........Light and magicBruce Stitt
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Bruce Stitt You taught me so much.....I hope we can actually meet next time around.Bruce Stitt
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Michael Delvalle Dana, thank you oh so very much for sharing the beautiful, creative mind that you have. Thanks to you, you've inspired me so much when it comes to my artwork, when it comes to just life in general knowing the hardships you have faced when it came to your health. You've lit up so many people's lives, more than you know. Love and light, Dana. Thank you so much for everything.Michael Delvalle
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Bruce Stitt You helped my heart open during the most painful, dark years of my life. I hope to meet you in person in some future incarnation....I love who you are.💜💜💜🪶🪶🪶🕯🕯🕯Bruce Stitt
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Gwendolyn Kovac I’ve followed her and her unique gallery of art for years, her taste in art is impeccable, she continues to inspire me in death as she did life, and being an artist myself she has introduced me to so many dark artists that also continue to inspire me and my artwork. Although I never knew her personally and appeared to her as merely a like on a screen, it was always a joy going on my phone to see a new piece of art was posted, through her I’ve found pieces that just set my soul on fire. I am glad she is free from her body. Peace and magic.Gwendolyn Kovac
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Graziella Simonetti I have been thinking a lot about why this has taken me so long to write. I think it's because writing it would have to make her being gone real, and I simply don't want that to be true. Just today at work, a question popped into my head that I thought about reaching out to Dana to ask, and for a moment, I forgot she was gone. I guess prefer to live in that space where I can pretend she is still here.Graziella Simonetti
Dana was a warrior. Even when she reached out to say goodbye, I very genuinely believed she would still pull through. She fought like hell, and she inspired me with her courage and with her ability to still hope, give, and love under the most difficult of circumstances.
She changed my life.
Dana and I have been friends since Middle School. We were friends through so many life changes. We were friends through cross country moves. We were friends through crushes and heartbreak and loss and pain. We were friends when we both finally found our true loves.
There was no soul like Dana's, and I don't know how I'm going to navigate this world without her. Even when she was in the most intense pain, she was a present, caring, and thoughtful friend. She always wanted to hear what was going on with me. I would say 'don't worry about me during these times, you're going through so much!’ She would plead to hear about me and to offer support and counsel and love even during waves of immense suffering. That is who she was. And, given our decades of conversation about the spiritual realm, I know this is who she continues to be.
I think about you every day. I wear your ring, I hum our song, I hear your voice. I pray the peace you always deserved and finally received allows you to do the work you’ve always wanted to do. I love you so much, D.
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Rebecca I found Dana's website randomly when I was searching for wedding ideas. That was over 13 years ago. I've followed her since that day and I'm saddened to hear the news of her passing. I hope she is in peace and one day I can let her know the amazing beauty she brought to a stranger.Rebecca
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Liam Ordner I interned with Dana at Earache records for a short time. We got along well but unfortunately, we never hung out. No pics. :(Liam Ordner
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Mia Maria Siler I'm seeing your beautiful face everywhere. Love you and miss you.Mia Maria Siler
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Al Dawson Dana, you will be missed, see you on the other sideAl Dawson
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Vanessa N Moylan-Theodore My deepest condolences to you all. I knew Dana from Earache Records, where I used to work; we became friends IMMEDIATELY.Vanessa N Moylan-Theodore
She was the main reason I came out of my very shy shell and my life was much better for her being in it.
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Ruth Fernandes I only know Dana through Instagram but as someone facing recurring mental health issues, Dana’s perspective on life and her strength truly make me want to keep the faith. And to think I only followed he account for the art she posted . All sides of her are beautiful.Ruth Fernandes
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Jessica hylandJessica hyland
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Wendi Goodwin-Stead God sent Dana to me as an Earth Angel, and with God she saved my life, and i mean that with all of my heart. I learned what real love is through her, and at a time when love was so foreign to me. She so patiently helped me through my past trauma... Her goofy sense of humor is so unique, and i know she carries that with her in Heaven now. Dana constantly gave me empathetic compassion and love. Her advice will forever remain unmatched and in my heart. I wish I was better with words.... but the gifts that she has given me are indescribably wonderful. I'll carry a piece of her beautiful Soul and Spirit with me forever. My eternal soul sister, I love you so much. Besties forever, Love your magical Wendi Unicorn.Wendi Goodwin-Stead
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Julia Baron "I wanted to send chocolates but unfortunately it has a tendency to melt in the mail. Of course nothing I can send will really take the pain away. The best I can do is reiterate a few important things:Julia Baron
- Never be with a person who interprets your best attributes as flaws and doesn't meet your needs.
- You are a beautiful, brilliant, creative, interesting, inspiring, insightful, kind, generous, caring and delightfully unique woman—you deserve (and will find) a man who worships you as the tiny goddess you are.
- No matter what happens, YOU ARE LOVED...A LOT! By me, your family and everyone else who really gets to know you. You'll always have us to support you.
These breakups are painful at best, but now your path has been cleared and you are free to find someone far better for you than you've ever imagined.
As always, I'm here for absolutely anything you need.
Lots of love—"
I found this letter this evening—folded in thirds with this image on the back. It was stuck in an old journal and I knew immediately upon seeing the pristine handwriting who had bestowed it upon me. It's of course ironic: I should have sent this letter to you, Dana Paleos. But no: you sent it to me. You always sent these letters to me.
I found this letter this evening—after I spoke with you on the phone. Maybe for the last time. Probably for the last time.
I found this letter this evening—and now wonder if it's wrong to post—after knowing your bright depths for over twenty years now. I met you and Christina in a Poughkeepsie hotel the night before we started freshman year. We discovered we were attending the same college, in the same dorm, on the same floor. With your unwavering empathy, strength, humor, weirdness, brilliance and beauty you made feeling like an outsider at an already outsidery school, bearable. Even, good. You made having crushes and getting through them a mode of growth. You made the scent of apple perfume (Bath + Bodyworks?) a thing of comfort. You made a bag of Skittles over a hearty cry on the front steps of Lathrop mean more than you know. You introduced me to MST3000 and made me understand the nuances of nerd, dork, and geek subcategories. You somehow got me obsessed with that one Korn song to the point where I played it at obnoxiously high levels. On repeat. For hours. (Dana, you made me like Korn. Who else could have that sway?) You gave me (and somehow still give me) courage. You renewed my faith in being a writer, an artist, an empath. You have spent your energy passionately pushing for the people, art, ideas, and science you believe in; sometimes I wonder if your body has shut down because it can't contain the totality and vibrations of your bold and beating heart. And with every pain and suffering you've come upon, you soar above us all. How unfair.
And yes, how guilty I feel, wishing I could do more, fight harder, share further, demand something better for you. I miss you already. I've been missing you.
With all this past tensing, I suppose I should save this for your memorial. And maybe you'll see or hear it somehow then, too. But, like I was when you met me at a raw 17 years old, I can't help but tell you in this moment, even on some ridiculous social media site, what you mean to me. In fact, I can't fully tell you. But I can steal your words: "No matter what happens, YOU ARE LOVED...A LOT! By me, your family and everyone else who really gets to know you. You'll always have us to support you."
Dana, I hope tonight wasn't the last time we talk. I hope there is hope. I hope you know you always have me to support you, wherever I am, wherever you are. Lots of love — Julia