the notions behind the words 'art' - Let's set this one aside in that it is the chicken and being or becoming Human is the egg.
'to be human' My understanding of this is that is is an emergent subject, one that is revealing or constructing itself in an endless process of cybernetic revelations (becoming self-aware and intelligent.) Art (techne- standardized knowledge) is one way we communicate and test this awareness - being human is not a thing to be unpacked - but a state to be constructed and therefore any definition is always already metaphysical in nature. 'confronting" being human - would in this context mean challenging the limitations imposed by any given apriori definition - which would mean that such a challenge would be in part an aspect of art
