Bicho do Mato

         Bicho do Mato is an expression used in Brazil to describe those who are outcast, socially inept or simply unfamiliar with the ways of the world. It translates roughly to "Creature from the Jungle". This expression was used by some of my family members to describe me throughout my childhood, and I found it to be fitting to organize my work about inadequacies, uncertainties and insecurities related to the struggles of existing in community, family or otherwise.