5 November 2006 - beauty quiz

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2006 : 5 November 2006

Are you aware of the beauty around you?

A. How beautiful can it be
If it isn’t on TV?
B. I wish I’d taken Esthetics 101 in college.
C. Sure. A green light is pretty, and pedestrians who obey it are beautiful.
D. Naw, in this weather everyone covers up.

clue:

Where I live, air travel patterns are such that, especially around this time of year, jet contrails converge on the setting sun. The effect was especially amazing today, but even on crowded streets I didn’t see anyone else looking.

give me a clue so sweet and true