Laurie Swenson

I don't know if I would consider the details irrelevant (maybe simply more visual?), but I get what you're saying. When I wonder if I left the toaster plugged in, I have a wordless, sightless concept within a second, and then I start to fret. I do love writers who use a lot of imagery, and I didn't realize until now that the descriptions helped me get a sense of what the scene looked like (early on in "Notre Dame de Paris," Victor Hugo uses a ridiculous number of words to describe Paris. Not that this is important to the ball-table-person scenario.

I imagined the ball being rolled and figured it would probably roll off the table. I had a vague concept of table size but didn't see anything. If someone were to ask me to imagine the scene, I suppose I would have a vague concept of a vague person at the table.