Nearly 700 children from 25 classes heralded the unveiling of the poem on the facade of the school building of OBS Het Landje on Friday 20 May 2022. With the neon rule ignited I used to want to be big, it was later before I knew it a four-year trajectory came to an end. In 2017, former city poet Derek Otte composed three lines of poetry on behalf of the Friends of Het Landje. The design of the realized version was made by Bart Oppenheimer.
In January 2018, the inventory of the technical possibilities and the analysis of the meaning layers of the rule began I used to want to be big, it was later before I knew it. The text contains a jump in time, which Oppenheimer made spatially visible by cutting the line and draping parts over both sides of the building. This means that the passer-by will only understand the work as soon as he turns the corner. The bare neon tube is mounted on a steel frame without a metal casing. This choice supports the suggestion of a text and at the same time ensures a distinction between the verse and the building.
The initiator and driver of the Friends of Het Landje was Chris van der Meulen, who died on 14 July 2021 at the age of 49. After some time, artist Peter Fengler took up project leadership and the work could be realized with a few adjustments.