I appreciate all of your responses, and I love seeing photos of your setups! Thank you. Keep ’em coming if you want to share.
I realize that I am wanting my cake and eating it too. I suppose the light wouldn’t have to be hitting me. The psychological advantage of a single, peripheral window where I could see the outside would probably be enough to keep me sane.
Is anyone able to use a setup where the lights are not at theater-dark levels?