Final answer:
The author most likely intends the reader to appreciate the beauty in the everyday and the personal, such as the mother's hair, as beauty is subjective yet universally perceivable. The correct answer is option 1) The author wants the reader to appreciate the beauty of the mother's hair.
Step-by-step explanation:
In analyzing the aesthetic impact that the author of 'The Insistence of Beauty' intends to have on the reader, one should consider the subjective nature of beauty and the personal engagement of aesthetic judgment.
As with the example mentioned, whereby ribbons and flames are seen as beautiful despite their typically negative connotations of pollution and destruction, the author intends to convey that beauty is subjective and can be found in unexpected places.
By describing the mother's hair, the author likely aims for the reader to appreciate the beauty in the everyday and the personal, suggesting that the resolution is to evoke the former, thus the correct answer is option 1. Furthermore, this appreciation of beauty aligns with philosophical perspectives like Kant's, which associate the beautiful with moral goodness, and Schopenhauer's belief in the joy of aesthetic contemplation without an agenda.