In a message dated 7/24/12 12:40:00 PM, [email protected] writes:
> 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 > > Alas, this seems to me not one deepity, but a chain of them. Put it another way: None of the phrases occasions in me a notion that I feel is clear.
