The need for interpretation and translation is not the mark of a fallen world, it is the substance of life. To live is to interpret. This can be hard to swallow. "When you speak of hermeneutics, no matter which precaution you take, you always expect the second shoe to drop: someone inevitably will add: 'But of course there also exist "natural," "objective" things that are "not" interpreted'" (RS 144-145). But no--there are, of course, not. This is not because all natural objects have been contaminated by the interpretive meddling of other objects.
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There is no original meaning to recover. There are only objects to be persuaded. The more, the better.
Adam S. Miller, Speculative Grace, pg. 108
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