American Mozart

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/american-mozart/308931/

-- The Atlantic

Kanye West: The Transformer

http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2013/06/kanye-west-on-kim-kardashian-and-his-new-album-yeezus/

-- W

The artist is in.

http://www.ted.com/playlists/3/the_artist_is_in.html

-- TED

How To Be Valuable

http://worklikeanartist.com/blog/how-to-be-valuable

-- WorkLikeAnArtist

What You Can Learn From The World’s Best Violinist (And His $32 Pay Day)

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130801121702-228008844-what-you-can-learn-from-the-world-s-best-violinist-and-his-32-pay-day

-- LinkedIn

I liked this article because of the following comment:

Which strategy and signals work best to convey quality will differ across people, situations, and industries. How you, say, set yourself apart from the competition in an entry-level banking job may be entirely different from how you make it to the top as an software developer. But the key is to have a strategy. The bottom line is that if you’re good, you have to let others know it, because otherwise they may never have a clue -- and ignore you just like those morning commuters whisked by Joshua Bell. 

But the key is to have a strategy. The bottom line is that if you’re good, you have to let others know it, because otherwise they may never have a clue -- and ignore you just like those morning commuters whisked by Joshua Bell.

-- Anita Elberse

A Homeless Man Enters the Subway

http://www.policymic.com/articles/57923/a-homeless-man-enters-the-subway-what-happens-next-is-something-even-new-yorkers-have-never-seen

-- Policymic

What Happy People Do Differently

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201306/what-happy-people-do-differently

-- Psychology Today