Reality and Imagination

What is the real difference between reality and imagination?

This question popped up out of nowhere, well somewhere in my mind. There are moments of overwhelming emotion, which prompt such questions out of the blue.

Now, as I proceed to reason it out with myself in the confines of what I imagine is my own mind, I  wonder  if this  difference is real, then what is reality?

Reality is something that is not imagination. OK!. Then what is it? Reality is perception, isnt it?  If   it were to  be a perception,  it is an  imagination of the world in and around us, an attempt to   understand  our world built up on concepts, which are imagination.  Death in itself is a concept but death of a person as perceived  by a witness is reality supported by a concept.

Is reality therefore imagination directed and focused onto a specific region of the imagination space, itself composed of thoughts? Could reality be imagined to be common imagination to many sources?

So, reality is imagination and there may not be a real difference between the two.  Also, reality is beyond imagination and humans perceive reality through their imagination. 

 I am still confused as to the difference between real and imaginary. Is it that perception that is perhaps verified is reality and that which cannot be verified  is considered imagination. Well, is verification through reality or imagination?

So much for reality and imagination.

Perhaps, a person can safely  leave reality to their imagination.

-A