Rain City Publishing
Photography is not the only language I work in.
I am a philosopher, author, and songwriter.
Some things can only be said in words.
Second Edition — Revised and Expanded · Kindle Edition
What happens when a man expecting cognitive decline instead experiences an unexpected awakening?
In 2025, after a fall and an aMCI diagnosis, Tim Hanley believed he was entering the final narrowing of his life. His memory was slipping. His doctor saw regression. His family noticed small but frightening changes. But instead of fading, something else began to rise. Songs poured through him. Insight sharpened. Meaning returned. And the world inside his mind quietly rearranged itself.
BEING is the record of that transformation. It begins with a single song that predicted the neurological shift before Tim understood it. It continues through an unplanned inner journey — what he calls the Neuro-Corridor — where wonder, music, and raw human experience dissolved old beliefs and opened new forms of seeing.
What emerged was not a philosophy he constructed, but one he uncovered: a living architecture of awareness, belief, perception, and the quiet intelligence that moves beneath every human life.
For readers drawn to consciousness, healing, neuroplasticity, inner transformation, and the mysteries of awareness, BEING offers a deeply human account of what happens when the mind becomes still enough to see what has always been there.
Memoirs · Kindle Edition
Fifty years as a catastrophe claims adjuster. Between the disasters, a life: tarot cards and rune stones, street performing in Asheville, five marriages before thirty-four, sobriety, survival, and something resembling wisdom.
The title is borrowed from Thomas Jefferson, who said it of slavery. Tim Hanley borrowed it for himself. He could relate. He has held a few wolves in his time — and this book is the honest account of how he held on.
★★★★★
A Must Read
“This is one man’s story shared from the heart, raw and unfiltered, honest and poignant, captivating and compelling. We can all learn something about ourselves and humanity by reading this book.”
★★★★★
Informative, Intriguing, and Powerful
“Read this book cover to cover on a flight. Couldn’t put it down once. It follows not just the physical life of the author, but the mental journey it takes to truly find yourself. Highly recommend.”
★★★★★
Overcoming
“40 years in 115 pages seems impossible to weave a story where addiction plays a starring role but author pulls it off in this inspiring story of the human spirit, driven by faith and the knowledge that truth always wins.”
★★★★★
What a great collection of stories, I can’t put this book down!
“His stories have always captivated me. I just started reading his book and can’t put it down. It’s well written and an amazing story. I guarantee you’ll love it too.”
The Major Arcana · A Complete Illustrated Guide
A complete illustrated guide to the 22 cards of the Major Arcana, with original artwork for each card created through hundreds of hours of directed image work. Every card was iterated until it was right. None were settled for.
The deck reflects decades of reading across multiple traditions — Rider-Waite, Thoth, and others — and offers interpretations shaped by lived experience rather than received doctrine. This is not a reproduction of received wisdom. It is a primary document.
This work lives as a living site — not a static book, but an active practice. The cards are available for reading there.