When first observing the two lovers, one might wonder what sort of fetish they share,  but without fully understanding Rene Magritte’s past we cannot fully comprehend the importance of the sacks. Magritte lost his mother at the young age of fourteen when she committed suicide by drowning in a river. He observed her being pulled out of the river with her dress covering her face which translates into many of his pieces. His mother lost her identity with her face covered and so Magritte paints several faceless people, such as the two lovers.

The love the two lovers share goes deeper than the visual.  They go beyond the social norm of "loving with the eyes." They do not have to see each other, but they only hold in each other's arms to show that love, making the connection more real and intimate than that of society.  The lack of visual identity allows the couple to create their own perfect image of how the other looks in their mind which binds them closer together and makes their love purer and unblemished.