I think I am a highly visual person but I don't like diagrams either. There is a somewhat interesting historical irony around the development of architecture as

I think I am a highly visual person but I don't like diagrams either. There is a somewhat interesting historical irony around the development of architecture as in how this word is meant in IT and what a real architect does. The famous gang of four design patterns book got it's name from a book by the architect Christopher Alexander called a Pattern Language. This book advocates using textual description for user requirements like "I want to be able to drink my coffee in the morning and watch the sun rise". It sort of constrains the layout of the house but it still leaves a lot of room to move things around.