What we're saying is that we like details. Pictures allow [i]us[/i] to visualize those details while we read them, b/c the writer added them in, presumingly, because he/she had some sort of visual representation. 

Also:

[quote=Sauron The Dark Lord]
"nondescriptive"
[/quote]

Nondescriptive? When you're writing, you need to be descriptive.