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Ryan Dotson

@directedbydotson

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Director & Tech ✦ VFX ✦ 3D
Founder of @werebold & @weredopamine
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I came here carrying walls, fears, and a version of me that was just surviving, tonight I watched it all burn. 🔥

I’m leaving lighter, freer, and more myself than I’ve ever been.

Until next time ✌️🤍

#BurningMan #LeaveNoTrace #Playa by @directedbydotson

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The desert doesn’t ask who you were before, just who you’re willing to become out here. Still counting sunsets before Sunday.

#burningman #axismundi taken in Black Rock City by @directedbydotson

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I hope it fits in the car 🚗

#hyte #pcgamingsetup #y70 #costco by @directedbydotson

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Y70 Touch - A Piece of Art.

#hyte #hytey70touch by @directedbydotson

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3 years ago

We’re thrilled to finally share this work, and a huge shout-out to the incredible team at @simucube – congratulations on the launch of the Active Pedal Pro! Special thanks to the amazing artists who contributed to this project: Joseph Sims, for the stellar sound design, and Lee Rosario, for the beautifully crafted vehicle and the entire team at BOLD

#simucube #simracing #activepedalpro by @directedbydotson

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Only in Colorado do you celebrate a birthday by running through 150 million years of history in dino onesies 🦖🦕🏔️

#StegoStampede #Colorado #303 #DinosaurRidge #run taken in Dinosaur Ridge by @directedbydotson

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From my screen to the Lost Lands stage 🔥

Made the Gold visuals for @illenium & @excision 8 years ago and they’re still going strong ✌️

#lostlands #illenium #excision #3D by @directedbydotson

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I just watched the Titanic sink again. In the desert. On purpose.

#burningman taken in Black Rock City by @directedbydotson

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Tag a friend who’d survive dust storms, rain, and wind trying to take them out — and still say 10/10, do it again. 🌪️🔥 #BurningMan taken in Black Rock City by @directedbydotson

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The Man rises against the desert sky, still whole, still waiting. Built by hands I’ll never shake, artists and crews who gave up months and sleep so a stranger like me could walk through the dust and feel something. Every joint and beam hidden inside him is someone’s care made visible.

This year I’m not saving my old stories for the fire. I’m letting that burn happen inward first.

I walked out here not to escape myself but to meet myself. Every stranger who became a friend was a mirror, catching some piece of me I’d forgotten to love. The dust didn’t erase me. It stripped away what wasn’t me, until what was left could finally stand in the open, in the daylight, and be seen.

Tomorrow he falls. Today, I’m grateful, to the builders, and to the self I finally stopped hiding from.

#burningman taken in Black Rock City by @directedbydotson

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Found her in the dust, glowing amber against the storm. 🔥

BurningMan2026 #AxisMundi #BlackRockCity #PlayaArt #DesertArt by @directedbydotson

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