“Serendipitous discovery by browsing is less likely,” when all you have to go on is essay titles and descriptions.

“My posts are often full of images and I view their selection and placement as being as crucial to what I am trying to say about the subject as the writing. The images are also a declaration that the pleasure of the visual is a key motivation in writing about and discussing visual subjects. ”

-Rick Poyner The Compulsively Visual World of Pinterest

Images provide holds for browsing quickly.