"The artist's life presents those who dare take it up with a unique set of possibilities and challenges, among them a chance for renown long after the end of their days on earth. In this illustrated essay, writer Clint Marsh and artist Adrienne Rozzi use the myth of Oedipus and the Sphinx to examine the perils all creative people face - and the ways they overcome them - on their path to mastery and the promise of this most treasured form of immortality."--Page 4 of cover