and also is shorthand for the expansive, emergent nature of mortality work.

and also is a grammatical tic, an extra redundancy, an old and cosmic joke,
an expression of faith or future, the winding road in, a widening circle
opening out, a list of invitations into the conversation that never ends.

and also is an ever-growing list of things i want to talk about with you.
as in — death and also:

community care  
creative impulse
devotional practice
‘normal unhappiness’
interdependence
crying in public
collective action
deep listening
dark matter
dogs
dinner
dreaming
dignity
intimacy 
presence 
intuition
storytelling
articulate speechlessness
celebration
collective action
belonging
memorialization
meditation
attention
love
life
liberation
…