Obituary

Botticelli's goddess rising from the sea became the internet's image of arriving somewhere — 'me, emerging from my room after a 12-hour nap.' She died when 'rising' stopped being aspirational and started being what you do to get the remote.

Portrait: Sandro Botticelli · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2012

Died

2018

Cause of death

Went from shell to meme

Last sighting

A 'new year new me' post, 2018

Resting place

Section E, Row 1

Category

art