Declaration
Declaration
The Philosophy Behind The Art of Freedom.
Sovereign Individualism Through Art
A Vision of Sovereign Individuals
My vision is a world of Sovereign Individuals living the principles of Sovereign Individualism—individuals who govern their own lives, respect the sovereignty of others, and live together peacefully through voluntary relationships.
The Sovereign Declaration expresses the principles that inspire my artistic work: individual dignity, self-government, personal responsibility, and peaceful voluntary coexistence.
I believe in the freedom of every individual to create, to choose, to determine what they value, and to establish relationships through mutual consent.
The Art of Freedom is my artistic expression of these principles.
Through Minnaar Money, I create and designate works of art that express these principles. Through the Minnaar Fine Art Library, these ideas become experiences that individuals can share through the appreciation of beauty, personal choice, and peaceful voluntary relationships.
EXPLORE SOVEREIGN INDIVIDUALISM
Forever Art — Freedom in Practice
The Minnaar Fine Art Library is a public religious and educational ministry of the Church of Minnaar, a New Mexico-based unincorporated religious association.
The church owns and stewards the Minnaar Treasury, its permanent collection of fine art, making eligible artworks available for public appreciation and enjoyment through the Library.
Visitors are welcome to experience the collection free of charge.
Individuals may check out eligible artworks with fully refundable deposits in silver or its cash equivalent, enjoy them without a fixed return date, and return them whenever their interests change, subject to their checkout agreements.
They may then select other available works under new checkout arrangements.
Through this simple process, artworks circulate peacefully among individuals who appreciate them, while remaining the property of the church.
Each participant chooses what is beautiful, desirable, and valuable according to their own judgment.
The Freedom to Choose. The Freedom to Enjoy. The Freedom to Exchange.
Minnaar Money — The Art of Freedom
Minnaar Money is my ongoing conceptual artwork exploring beauty, value, individual sovereignty, ownership, and peaceful voluntary exchange.
Through the Minnaar Touch — The Art of Designation, I create and personally select artworks, assigning each a unique identity, Certificate of Authenticity, permanent Catalogue record, and Sovereign Value (SV), while preserving original authorship.
1 SV = 1 Troy Ounce of Silver
Sovereign Value expresses my individual artistic judgment and provides a consistent reference for refundable Library checkout deposits.
The Minnaar Treasury, owned by the Church of Minnaar, preserves and documents its collection as part of the church's religious, cultural, and educational mission.
Privately owned Minnaars may retain their permanent Catalogue identities and Certificates of Authenticity. Their owners remain free to keep, gift, or exchange them independently.
The church does not conduct artwork sales or ownership-transfer exchanges through the Minnaar Treasury or Library.
Through the Minnaar Fine Art Library, the church makes its collection available for individuals to experience according to their own judgments, interests, and preferences.
In this way, art becomes an ongoing expression of freedom, individual dignity, responsible stewardship, and peaceful cooperation.
The Art Is the Medium
I believe that art can communicate ideas beyond the objects themselves.
A painting, sculpture, drawing, or other artwork may be admired for its beauty, appreciated for its craftsmanship, or treasured for the meaning it holds for an individual.
Those judgments belong to the individual.
Through the Minnaar Fine Art Library, I invite people to experience art freely, discover what they love, and allow their relationships with artworks to evolve.
Each freely chosen experience—discovering an artwork, living with it, returning it, or choosing another—becomes an expression of individual sovereignty.
The art is the medium. Beauty is the language. The philosophy is the message.
Steven Minnaar
Artist & Collector
Founder, Minnaar Fine Art Library
Forever Art. The Art of Freedom.