Elizabeth Slayton is a Diamond Approach teacher and a professional artist. She has been a student of the Diamond Approach for 29 years and was ordained in June, 2016. She assists with the Boston 4 and Amherst groups, presenting, leading small groups and seeing private students. She is also an integration teacher for the Dive program. She attended the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Penn State University and Massachusetts College of Art. As an artist she has been painting and exhibiting for more than 35 years, showing in solo and group shows throughout the US and abroad. Her paintings are included in private and corporate collections.
What attracted you to the Diamond Approach?:
Some friends of mine started attending a retreat group in CA, and I began reading Hameed’s books. I attended a few Diamond Approach weekends in 1994 with Alia Johnson in NY. When Duncan Scribner started the first Boston group in 1995 where I lived, I joined that group.
At that time in my life I was feeling a certain flatness and discouragement. There was an emptiness that I had felt from a young age. I had a deep thirst that I couldn’t name and when I started in the Diamond Approach I felt as if I had finally found a deep drink of water. I felt supported, encouraged and held. I felt at home.
Books and/or articles I’ve written:
Kodah and Me, story and illustrations