This article explores the essay Dynamo and the Virgin by Henry Adams, and states that an image or product created represents an extension of the maker - not necessarily the maker but a kind of consciousness "that hovers within the confines of its archival [state]". David Tomas views the writing of Henry Adams as transdisciplinary, intertwining poetics with scientific imaging. He views the work of Adams as similar to video artist Gary Hill, whose work 'transduces desire' through digital representations of his body.