And most of us grasp the trade-offs of the Internet Age, the majesty of having all the world’s libraries at our fingertips set against the tragedy of 143 million of us — 143 million! — having the personal information we entrusted to Equifax stolen by hackers. (To say nothing of the tragedy of any Internet comments section.)

But most of us have only glimpsed this darker side of the Internet. We have only glimpsed this other side of meme-dom, the unsettling experience during which a stranger steals your photo and turns you into a character for others to scroll past, chuckle at and share.

We do not truly know what it’s like to be totally powerless to the whims of the almighty Internet. Elisabeth does.

This particular digital-age story goes back nearly a decade, to when she was in her early 30s and starting out as an online jewelry designer. She joined an online group and decided to do a 365 project, taking one photo of herself and sharing it each day for a year.

“We didn’t even call them selfies back then!” she said.

She took a snapshot each day. Sometimes she smiled. Sometimes she didn’t. Sometimes she was wearing makeup. Sometimes not.