i always image vs i always imagine

Some examples from the web:

• Look! I always carry an image of the Virgin Mary.
• I always had this image in my head of Amber and I, sittin' in our bathrobes in the kitchen, talking about her boyfriends over a pint of ice cream.
• Picture's worth a thousand words, and I'll always have that image of her face.
• Always keep that image with you, Paris.
• Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is true that the Pacific always evokes images of paradise: beaches, coconut palms, sun.
• Whereas JPEG images have some camera-internal sharpening applied, RAW format images always need sharpening in their workflow.
• The mental image is always imperfect.
• This preview is unusual: Changes appear always on the same image which is not yours.
• Her image has always been... shaded to me.
• Her image has always been... shaded to me.
• It was sad image as always.
• The image will always be resized to the active layer's size.
• Even when I would try to get things back to normal... that image was always with me.
• I've always quite liked the image of me with a sickle and cape.
• Espionage is always damaging to the image of the firms concerned and the assailants naturally have no interest in public light being shed on their activities.
• Digital cameras of this subheading are always capable of still image recording, whether on an internal storage medium or on interchangeable media.
• Check this option to always disable the background image during a remote session. Otherwise the client decides whether the background will be enabled or disabled.
• Load images for HTML messages over HTTP(S). Possible values are: "0" - Never load images off the net. "1" - Load images in messages from contacts. "2" - Always load images off the net.
• The device shall perceive the visual spectrum and shall always render this image without the need for interpretation into the visual spectrum.
• You know, these days, you always get images during the winter, when they take the roof down, of people who have been there and said, "They demolished the building."

Some examples from the web:

• I always imagine how you lie naked on your bed.
• I always imagine him to have a Scottish accent.
• I always imagine what he is doing everyday
• So, I always imagine...
• For some reason, whenever I see a pretty girl, for the first time, I always imagine her hair blowing in slow-mo.
• I always imagine that stars are people.
• I always imagine things but not Want, all I saw were swords.
• I always imagine elderly women eating egg salad sandwiches.
• I always imagine someone actually physically tied to a chair and being whipped or something.