The Lovers
There
are many different types of relationships that we encounter throughout our
lives. Some may change us for better, and some could possibly change us for the
worse. People may have positive or negative relationships with siblings,
relatives, friends, or even significant others. Rene Magritte’s “The Lovers”
displays a painting of a man and a woman kissing. However they both have a veil
covering their heads so that their lips will never physically meet. Many wonder of the relationship between the
two lovers, however I believe that they are hiding their feelings for each
other.
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The
veil they wear represents this barrier that most people put on themselves to
protect themselves from heartbreak. It’s not healthy, because if you cannot
open up yourself to someone then you most likely have shut yourself off from
everyone else that potentially cares for you. This all relates to the Myth of
Sisyphus.
He was a man who was punished for defying the gods. Everyday he had
to carry a boulder up a mountain and have it roll back down to the bottom. At
first, he hated the exercise. But as time rolled on he grew to accept it, and
now he is content with carrying a giant boulder up a mountain. The same applies to people who are to open up
and accept the fact that maybe, just maybe someone really does want to know and
understand you and how you truly are, then everything in life becomes
beautiful.
