[Python] Pillow is installed, but getting 'No module named pil'

I installed Pillow using pip with pip install pillow. I got the message that pillow was successfully installed, but when I try and import it in IDLE, I get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
from pil import image
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pil'


I have tried "PIL" as well as "Pillow" and import pil.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling python completely, as well as uninstalling pillow and reinstalling it with python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow.

I also ran

import sys
print(sys.executable)


and then used -target to install to that path's site-packages. Still doesn't work. Driving me insane.

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