"Traditional literati landscape paintings are products of agricultural society." Lo points out that, in ancient times, artists lived in the fields and traveled the mountains, rivers and seas. They eventually came to a point where they carried the images of the hills and valleys in their hearts. In today's post-industrial society, however, we are surrounded only by the constructions of science and technology.
說起來，「傳統文人山水畫是農業社會的產物」，羅青表示，古代的名人高士居於田野、遊於山水之間，長年觀照，胸中自有丘壑；反觀今人卻生活在工業化、甚至是後工業、後現代社會中，被科技構築而成的各式空間所包圍。