Handel is a failed priest but abiding Catholic with elitist tendencies whose work as a doctor Forces him to consider social questions that he would probably rather avoid. Picasso, as she calls herself, is a young artist ...Handel is a failed priest but abiding Catholic with elitist tendencies whose work as a doctor Forces him to consider social questions that he would probably rather avoid. Picasso, as she calls herself, is a young artist who has been sexually abused by her brother but whose family thinks she is at fault for her dark moods.