I can see a ball of plasticine revolving, changing shape and shaping colour at the same time very strongly with my eyes open, I can move it around the room, bounce it on my hand etc., yet I still can’t draw for shit. I can’t even draw the legs on a side view of a four-legged animal without it having three left legs, so I agree with the premise of the OP and don’t feel like artistic ability is really linked to this.