coverings

Genesis 3. In the beginning of human history, Adam and Eve sin, eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, choosing to define right and wrong their own way, now faced with the daunting task of making their own decisions and trying to make it on their own.
A series of events immediately follow of which I will only focus on the last.

1) Adam and Eve realize they are naked - they are weak, naive, exposed, new. We realize this every time we fail, are frustrated at a problem we can't fix, feel defenseless and alone against the world. The word naked in Hebrew is very close to naive. They were out of their depth and scared.
2) Adam and Eve sew fig leaves together to cover themselves. We react to our fear by fixing our nakedness our own way, relying on and manipulating money, intelligence, friends, power, or pleasure to look as if we can handle ourselves.
3) Adam and Eve hear the sound of God walking in the garden. God is real, God can be heard walking around. Gods invisible qualities have been clearly seen since the beginning of the world so that men are without excuse.
4) Adam and Eve hide. We try to deny Gods existence, sinning again. We run away, hoping he won't interfere with our lives.
5) God asks them "Where are you?". Pursuit, relationship. God wants you and he pursues you first.
6) Adam and Eve make excuses. I'm not sure about the significance of this.
7) God curses the snake, Eve, Adam (by way of the ground from which he came) in order. Because our sin is in contradiction to the natural and good functioning of the universe, it creates discord  God makes sure we see this by formally cursing the ground.
8) God makes coverings of animal skins for Adam and Eve. God initiates. God provides a covering - protection. The first sacrifice. The first symbol pointing towards Jesus. A sacrifice which takes away our naivete, gives us understanding of God and therefore good and evil.

The first symbol of Gods provision and gift of Jesus is clothes. I am not aware of any culture at any time in history following that did not wear at least some clothes. Whatever you believe, daily you bear on your body a testimony to Gods promise to you: You don't have to do this on your own, I can give you life, protection, true wisdom, and so much more. Just accept the clothes I offer you, Jesus. They are salvation, the way to life.

Notes:
9)The rest of the events of chapter three are God banishing Adam and Eve from the Tree of Life, the garden, and setting an angel guard over it. We, sinful, are not worthy of the Tree of Life. To allow us to eat it would be a shame and violation of Gods order. Disobeying God means you don't get the benefits of God (some of them anyways, Adam and Eve were still alive).
10) The story goes immediately to Adam and Eve having sex and having Cain. I am not sure of the significance of this. Before I even noticed this I was thinking about the significance of sex, as it is the only time besides showering or something that we are normally naked. There seems to be a connection of making new life or becoming clean with covering, original sin . I don't know what it is however.