S12 E10: The Adjacent Possible with Joshua Heath Scott

After accidentally fixing a broken guitar pedal in 2007, Joshua Heath Scott’s natural curiosity pulled him into the rabbit hole of electrical engineering and circuit design-- from this experience, his company, JHS Pedals was born. 

Today, JHS pedals has become one of the most influential pedal companies in the world, preferred by recording artists such as Beck, John Mayer, Madison Cunningham and many others.

Josh’s YouTube series, The JHS Show, has garnered millions of views from audiences spanning the globe and often expands into documentaries on musical technology, invention and music history. 

Aside from his guitar-related work, Josh is an accomplished published photographer who focuses on photographic essays of Midwestern America. 

Much like his pedal company, Josh tells us he accidentally fell in love with photography, riding his bicycle throughout Kansas farmlands and documenting what he saw.

In today’s episode, recorded live at the Loom creative arts event, Josh talks about the curiosity that drives his creative work as well as ‘the adjacent possible,’ a term describing creative and innovative possibilities that grow as they are explored. 

Following our theme of art and identity, Josh shares about finding reflections of ourselves in others and in the way we see the world around us.

Patrons of the podcast can enjoy an additional interview segment with Josh at patreon.com/makersandmystics