Hello, I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. A podcast meant for sharing thoughts, stories, enjoying idiomatic phrases and words in general. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic phrases are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. Today, All Those Broken Eggs.
You have to break some eggs to make an omelet. Gross. I hate eggs. I hate milk too. Gross. Omelets are not good, only the stuff you put in them. They make eating the omelet possible. Cherry tomatoes, spinach, goat cheese, bell peppers, a pinch of salt…. I eat eggs because they are a good source of protein. However, I'd rather not.
Breaking eggs, getting the egg white all over my fingers, because, of course, when I crack the eggs, they don’t just slide into the bowl, part of the slime has to get on my fingers. It is a salmonella risk. But seriously, the phrase, you have to break some eggs to make an omelet is a phrase that begs to be extrapolated to other situations. Here we go…
Enjoyment might also require breaking things, a beautiful crème brûlée starts with the crack of the caramelized sugar, tap tap crack. If you get a present, half the fun is tearing the wrapping paper. Break open or crack open a bottle of wine, chin chin… well, in this case you aren't really breaking the bottle… it is just a figure of speech. When you want to open a bottle of water, you need to break the seal. If the seal has previously been broken, don’t drink it, someone has polluted it with the worst possible things you can imagine. Are you imagining terrible or maybe unmentionable liquids being diluted in that bottle of water? I like my water from home, thank you. I digress… speaking of breaking things for a higher purpose, I am am reminded of the breaking of a glass at a Jewish wedding. According to myjewishlearning.com The Talmud (one of the main sacred texts) describes how, during a wedding, the father of the groom noticed too much happiness and decided to break an expensive goblet, because where there is rejoicing there should also be trembling. A reminder of a past of suffering and that the world needs healing. The sound of breaking glass  also scares the demons away. … It is a reminder of the fragility of marriage and, it has sexual connotations, the release of the sexual union. I like this myjewishlearning.com these teachings are right up my ally. Demons, happiness with a chaser of reality, sex, and shattering glass.
Breaking things to bring new and better ones make me think about psychoanalysis, you need to break down your walls, beliefs, traumas… only you can do that, nobody can do it for you. What will you build in its place, once you have removed the debris? That is up to you. Let’s hope for courage and creativity to be part of the building plans.  Breaking down walls with others is also needed to build friendships… breaking down walls is symbolic of opening up to a friendship. It is the way we say, please, intrude. Fewer things are off the table for discussion, the human experience is shared in a purer form. These days, it means, just picking up the phone to talk, sharing the tough stuff, embarrassing stuff, scary stuff! Imaginary stuff… , phrases like, man, I really need to feel good, badly…  all chased by words of encouragement or a healthy laugh. Continue reading

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