It has been quite frigid outside. The sustained winter temperatures and ice feel emblematic of our cold cultural season. Pigeons gather to create warmth through connection — a reminder that pulling closer when things get cold is the natural order of things. It is what nature has always known and what we easily forget: we perish in isolation. We can choose. We can decide that division will not be what defines us. We can hold each other tight and make it through the frigid dark