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BAKER, Calif., Jan 5, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- For a self-portrait, the artist went to great lengths literally, hobbling the Mojave Desert for 12 hours with ankles chained, padlocked and the key missing.
Trevor Corneliusen, a painter and classical violinist, had gone to the desert as he does each winter from his home in Olympia, Wash., to meditate.
This time, he chained and padlocked his ankles Tuesday while posing for the self portrait but then couldn't find the key, reports The Los Angeles Times.
He trudged for 12 hours through sand and scrub brush, using a wooden pole as a walking stick, before reaching a gas station in Baker, Calif. The fire department used bolt cutters to unshackle the artist after three attempts.
"It's funny-sad because he really could have gotten hurt," said Marie Corneliusen, mother of the 26-year-old artist. "But it's not hard to believe. He can be very absent-minded."
Corneliusen's ankles were reddened and indented with chain marks, but he was otherwise unharmed, said the report. He did not explain why he wanted to make a sketch of himself in shackles.
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