Art is a skill that has to be developed, though. People who are talented artists weren't born being able to draw or paint. So if someone is untrained them jus

Art is a skill that has to be developed, though. People who are talented artists weren't born being able to draw or paint. So if someone is untrained them just drawing "two wheels, pedals and handlebars" may be because they're concerned to convey the idea of a bike. In any case, at least some people do have visualizations. There are artists that can look at something and then draw it from memory. For myself-- and I'm a fairly talented amateur-- I can see nothing in my head as I also have aphantasia. I can draw nothing from memory. When I draw something from scratch I'm having to build it on the paper and I can never repeat a drawing. Aside from my anecdata there's another key piece here that the article mentions: people with aphantasia lack voluntary visualizations: they can still have them involuntarily, such as when they dream. I know I get pictures in my head when I dream. It's an experience that's quite distinct from the normal day to day blackness in my mind's eye.