The surrealistic work known as the Lovers brings up many questions surrounding its meaning. Today we shall explore and examine the work in its entirety, observing its many layers of complexity.

The series Culturally Speaking is an attempt to showcase culturally relevant topics relating to media such as songs, artwork, poetry, and other such works and highlight them in a video essay style format. If you would like to see more, comment below on some ideas for future projects. In the meantime, like, comment, and subscribe to support our work. We are a small channel working to grow!

Timestamps:
00:00- Channel Intro
00:11- The Significance of the Painting
01:11- Rene Magritte's Background
02:10- The Inspiration
02:54- Painting Observations
04:25- Painting Interpretations
06:22- The Other 'Paintings'
07:46- Personal Connections
08:22- The Meaning of the Lovers
08:57- Surrealism Explained
09:52- Special Thanks
10:03- Channel Outro

Here's some music from our own co-creator Alex Sikma on his Spotify page and YouTube!
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Music:
Gently, Onwards -ELPHNT (YouTube Audio Library)
To Loom is to Love -Mini Vandals (YouTube Audio Library)
Jazzy Hip Hop Boom Bap (Pixabay)

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Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
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Japan by Uniq | [ Ссылка ]
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Visual Samples:
Pexels.com (Cotton Bro, et al)

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