Nostalgia for the Light ties together themes of vastness and meaning in multiple ways. I felt watching it that I could not separate the tangible from the cosmic. Our memories as seen within the film are fleeting, but real. Though the stars are succinct and vast, they have no meaning lest we ascribe it. Yet, we give meaning to so much less at higher costs. We lose ourselves in the minutia and in doing so lose ourselves in the cosmos. At the end of the day, no matter how big or small, our purpose is what we allow it to be.